Juan Guzman v. B. Cates

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JUAN C. GUZMAN, ) NO. SA CV 21-1518-VAP(E) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) ORDER OF DISMISSAL ) B. CATES, Warden, ) ) Respondent. ) ______________________________) 16 17 Petitioner, a state prisoner confined at the California Correctional Institution located in Tehachapi, Kern County, California, filed a “Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus” on September 9, 2021 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. On September 14, 2021, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California transferred the Petition to this Court. 25 The Petition seeks to challenge a 2001 criminal judgment entered in Orange Superior Court case number 99NF1436 (Petition, p. 2). This judgment resulted from a jury verdict finding Petitioner guilty of two fourteen in violation of California Penal Code section 288(a) (id.). Petitioner previously challenged this same Superior Court…