Petitta
Petitta v. Covella
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 LAWRENCE J PETITTA, Case No. 19-cv-03686-HSG
8 Petitioner, ORDER OF DISMISSAL 9 v.
10 P COVELLA, 11 Respondent.
12 13 Petitioner, a state prisoner incarcerated at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, has 14 filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging a 15 sentence from Santa Clara County Superior Court. The Court dismissed the initial petition with 16 leave to amend. Dkt. No. 4. His amended petition (Dkt. No. 7) is now before the Court. 17 BACKGROUND 18 According to the amended petition, in or around July 25, 2013, Petitioner pled guilty to 19 second degree robbery. Dkt. No. 7 at 1–2. Petitioner was sentenced to a term of thirteen years in 20 state prison, at eighty-five percent. Dkt. No. 7 at 1. 21 STANDARD OF REVIEW 22 This Court may entertain a petition for writ of habeas corpus “in behalf of a person in 23 custody pursuant to the judgment of a State…