Timothy Jetson v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TIMOTHY JETSON, Case No. 2:21-cv-04904-MCS-KES

Petitioner,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY

v.

PETITION SHOULD NOT BE

SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS DISMISSED AS MIXED AND ANGELES COUNTY, et al., UNDER YOUNGER V. HARRIS 15 Respondents.

I.

BACKGROUND

In June 2021, the Court received from Timothy Jetson (“Petitioner”) a

Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody pursuant to

U.S.C. § 2254. (Dkt. 1 [“Petition”].) In 2018, Petitioner pled nolo contendere to possession of a firearm by a felon, and a jury convicted him of voluntary manslaughter related to the same crime. (Id. at 2); see also People v. Jetson, No. B292229, 2020 WL 4251334 (Cal. Ct. App. July 24, 2020). Petitioner appealed, apparently raising the following claims: (1) insufficient evidence supported his conviction for voluntary manslaughter; (2) the trial court abused its discretion in…