Travis Jerome Gauff v. R. J. Fisher

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 TRAVIS JEROME GAUFF, ) Case No. 2:21-cv-01914-SVW-JC ) Petitioner, ) ) ORDER DISMISSING PETITION v. ) FOR WRIT OF HABEAS ) CORPUS AND ACTION R.J. FISHER, JR., Warden, ) WITHOUT PREJUDICE ) ) Respondent. ) ________________________________ )

I. SUMMARY

17 On February 26, 2021, petitioner Travis Jerome Gauff formally filed a 18 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody (“Current Federal 19 Petition”) under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The Current Federal Petition challenges 20 petitioner’s 1997 conviction and sentence in Los Angeles County Superior Court 21 Case No. YA026903 (“State Case”). 22 Based on the record (including facts as to which this Court takes judicial 23 notice as detailed below) and the applicable law, the Current Federal Petition and 24 this action are dismissed without prejudice for lack of jurisdiction because 25 petitioner did not obtain the…