(DP) Bolin v. State of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 PAUL C. BOLIN, Case No. 1:22-cv-00728-DAD Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE v. ORDER (1) DISMISSING PETITION FOR
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DUPLICATIVE, and (2) DENYING
CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY
Respondent. 15 16 On June 7, 2022, Paul C. Bolin , a condemned prisoner in state custody proceeding in pro se and in forma pauperis, filed with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his 1991 judgment of conviction and death sentence that was imposed following a jury trial in the Kern County Superior Court. (Doc. No. 1); see People v. Bolin, Kern County Superior Court Case No. 41477. On June 10, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Central District transferred the case to this court because the conviction being challenged was rendered in Kern County, which is located within the…