Petitta
Petitta v. Covella
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 LAWRENCE J PETITTA, Case No. 19-cv-03686-HSG
Petitioner, ORDER OF DISMISSAL v.
P COVELLA, Respondent.
12 Petitioner, a state prisoner incarcerated at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging a sentence from Santa Clara County Superior Court. The Court dismissed the initial petition with leave to amend. Dkt. No. 4. His amended petition (Dkt. No. 7) is now before the Court. BACKGROUND According to the amended petition, in or around July 25, 2013, Petitioner pled guilty to second degree robbery. Dkt. No. 7 at 1–2. Petitioner was sentenced to a term of thirteen years in state prison, at eighty-five percent. Dkt. No. 7 at 1. STANDARD OF REVIEW This Court may entertain a petition for writ of habeas corpus “in behalf of a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State…