Shah
Shah v. Fox
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JAY SHAH,
Case No. 20-cv-01385-RS Petitioner, 11 v. ORDER OF DISMISSAL
ROBERT W. FOX,
13 Respondent.
15 I. INTRODUCTION Petitioner Jay Shah has filed a habeas petition challenging the same state convictions he challenged in a prior (and now closed) habeas action, Shah v. Fox, No. 17-cv-06737-RS (N.D. Cal. filed Nov. 22, 2017). The instant petition will be dismissed as second or successive to the prior petition. If petitioner wishes to file a successive habeas petition, he must first obtain permission from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. II. BACKGROUND Shah’s prior petition was denied on the merits in December 2018, and a certificate of appealability was not issued by either the district court or the Ninth Circuit. See id., Dkt. Nos. 22, 25. III. DISCUSSION This petition will be dismissed as second or successive. As noted, in…