(HC) Cross v. Kings County Sheriff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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11 JEROME LEE CROSS, Case No. 1:23-cv-01246-SAB-HC

12 Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION

RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF PETITION

13 v. FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

14 KINGS COUNTY SHERIFF, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

TO RANDOMLY ASSIGN DISTRICT

15 Respondent. JUDGE

16 17 Petitioner Jerome Lee Cross is proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus 18 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 19 I. 20 BACKGROUND 21 On March 23, 2021, Petitioner was convicted in the Kings County Superior Court of 22 vandalism greater than $400. On May 10, 2021, Petitioner was sentenced to an imprisonment 23 term of four years. (2 CT1 596.) On September 14, 2022, the California Court of Appeal, Fifth 24 Appellate District affirmed the judgment. People v. Cross, No. F082774, 2022 WL 4230918 25 (Cal. Ct. App. Sept. 14, 2022). On November 30, 2022, the California Supreme Court denied 26 Petitioner’s petition for review. (LDs2 18, 19.) On…