Michael Jenkins v. Alex Villanueva

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA WESTERN DIVISION 11 MICHAEL JENKINS, ) No. CV 21-7943-VBF (PLA) ) Petitioner, ) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: DISMISSAL ) OF HABEAS PETITION v. ) ) ALEX VILLANUEVA, ) ) Respondent. ) ) 17 I BACKGROUND Michael Jenkins (“petitioner”) initiated this action on October 4, 2021, by filing a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (“Petition”). The Petition challenges his July 2020 conviction in Los Angeles County Superior Court case number PA09416001 in which petitioner pleaded no contest to willful infliction of corporal injury in violation of California Penal Code § 273.5(f)(1), and received a sentence of five years in state prison. (ECF No. at 2; see also Los Angeles County Superior Court website at http://www.lacourt.org/criminalcasesummary for case no.…