Maurice Harper v. Jason Black

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MAURICE HARPER, Case No. 2:21-cv-06819-FMO (AFM) 12 Petitioner, ORDER SUMMARILY DISMISSING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS v. CORPUS FOR LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION

JASON BLACK,

15 Respondent. 16 17 In 2018, Petitioner was convicted of contact with a minor for a sexual offense and pandering of a minor under the age of sixteen. He was sentenced to state prison for a term of 16 years. (ECF 1; see also People v. Harper, 2018 WL 4443282, at *1 (Cal. Ct. App. Sept. 18, 2018). The California Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment of conviction. Petitioner did not file a timely petition for review. Instead, he filed habeas corpus petitions in the California Superior Court, California Court of Appeal, and the California Supreme Court, all of which were denied. (ECF 1 at 3-5.) On September 20, 2019, Petitioner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in this Court challenging his 2018 conviction.…