Timothy Jetson v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County

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8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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

12 Petitioner,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY

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PETITION SHOULD NOT BE

14 SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS DISMISSED AS MIXED AND ANGELES COUNTY, et al., UNDER YOUNGER V. HARRIS 15 Respondents. 16

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19 BACKGROUND

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

21 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody pursuant to 28

22 U.S.C. § 2254. (Dkt. 1 [“Petition”].) In 2018, Petitioner pled nolo contendere to 23 possession of a firearm by a felon, and a jury convicted him of voluntary 24 manslaughter related to the same crime. (Id. at 2); see also People v. Jetson, No. 25 B292229, 2020 WL 4251334 (Cal. Ct. App. July 24, 2020). 26 Petitioner appealed, apparently raising the following claims: (1) insufficient 27 evidence supported his conviction for voluntary manslaughter; (2) the trial court 28 abused its discretion in…