John R. Gholar Sr. v. R. Burton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN R. GHOLAR, SR., ) NO. CV 21-9008-ODW(E) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) ORDER OF DISMISSAL ) R. BURTON, Warden, ) ) Respondent. ) ______________________________) 16 17 On November 15, 2021, Petitioner filed a “Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus By a Person in State Custody” (“Petition”), to which is attached, inter alia, a “Motion to Vacate Judgment, etc.” Petitioner seeks to challenge his 1987 sodomy conviction in Los Angeles County Superior Court (case number A091875), for which Petitioner received a prison sentence of fifteen years (see Petition at 2). Petitioner alleges that the trial judge was biased and committed misconduct (Petition at 5). Petitioner also alleges that he was actually innocent of the crime of sodomy (Petition at 5-6). /// /// Petitioner previously has filed a number of federal habeas actions attempting to challenge this same 1987 conviction. See Gholar v. Eldridge, 2019…