Clarence Leonard Hearns v. Kathleen Allison

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 ) CLARENCE LEONARD HEARNS, ) Case No. CV 21-6323-VAP (JEM) ) Petitioner, ) ) ORDER SUMMARILY DISMISSING v. ) PETITION FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION ) AND DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF KATHLEEN ALLISON, ) APPEALABILITY ) Respondent. ) ) 17 On August 4, 2021, Clarence Leonard Hearns (“Petitioner”) filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus by a person in state custody pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (“Petition” or “Pet.”). Petitioner challenges his 1996 conviction and sentence in Los Angeles County Superior Court Case No. BA085786-01 (“1996 Conviction”). (Pet. at 1.)1 PRIOR PROCEEDINGS Pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 201, the Court takes judicial notice of the records in Petitioner’s prior federal habeas corpus actions in this Court, Clarence Leonard Hearns, Jr. v. Cal Trahune, Case No. CV 00-2044-PSG (JEM) (“2000 Habeas Action), and Clarence Leonard Hearns, Jr. v. K. Harrington, Case No. CV 09-4030-FMC (OP) (“2009 Habeas…