(HC) Jones v. People of the State of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANTHONY JONES, Case No. 1:23-cv-00632-SAB-HC

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION

RECOMMENDING DISMISSAL OF

v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF

CALIFORNIA, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

TO RANDOMLY ASSIGN DISTRICT Respondent. JUDGE 16 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. I. BACKGROUND In 2010, Petitioner was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder with the special circumstance finding that the murder was intentional and occurred while Petitioner was an active participant in a criminal street gang and the murder was carried out to further the activities of the gang. Petitioner was sentenced to an imprisonment term of twenty-five years to life. (ECF No. 1 at 44.)1 In 2019, Petitioner filed a petition for resentencing…