(HC) Bolin v. State of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PAUL C. BOLIN, Case No. 1:22-cv-00670-EPG-HC

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION TO

DISMISS PETITION FOR WRIT OF

v. HABEAS CORPUS

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

TO ASSIGN DISTRICT JUDGE

Respondent.

16 Petitioner Paul C. Bolin is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. As Petitioner previously sought federal habeas relief with respect to the convictions challenged in the instant petition, the undersigned finds that dismissal of the petition is warranted pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b) as an unauthorized successive petition. I. DISCUSSION Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases requires preliminary review of a habeas petition and allows a district court to dismiss a petition before the respondent is ordered to file a response, if it “plainly appears from the petition and any…