(HC) Thompson v. People of the State of CA
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROBERT WAYNE THOMPSON, No. 2:24-cv-1166 AC P Petitioner, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA,
15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In the instant petition, petitioner challenges his 2012 conviction on multiple charges, which resulted in a thirty-year sentence. ECF No. 1 at 1-2. Under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A), a second or successive application for habeas relief may not be filed in district court without prior authorization by the court of appeals. Felker v. Turpin, 518 U.S. 651, 657 (1996). Prior authorization is a jurisdictional requisite. Burton v. Stewart, 549 U.S. 147, 152-53 (2007); Cooper v. Calderon, 274 F.3d 1270, 1274 (9th Cir. 2001) (once district court has recognized a petition as second or successive pursuant to § 2244(b), it lacks jurisdiction to consider the…