Maurice R. Polk v. The People of the State of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MAURICE R. POLK, Case No. 2:21-05938 JVS (ADS)

Petitioner,

ORDER DISMISSING SUCCESSIVE

v. FEDERAL HABEAS PETITION AND

DENYING CERTIFICATE OF

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF APPEALABLITY

CALIFORNIA,

14 Respondent. 15 Before the Court is a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (“Petition”) filed by Petitioner Maurice R. Polk, an inmate at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, California. [Dkt. No. 1]. The Court’s review of the Petition, the Court’s own records, and public records reveals that this Petition is a successive petition and Petitioner has not obtained permission from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals before filing it. I. RELEVANT BACKGROUND A review of the Court’s Case Management/Electronic Case Filing system reflects that on September 12, 2012, Petitioner filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody. …