Dawson
Dawson v. State of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KENNETH DEAN DAWSON, Case No. 19-cv-05494-PJH
Petitioner,
ORDER DISMISSING PETITION WITH
v. LEAVE TO AMEND
THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent.
12 Petitioner, a California prisoner, proceeds pro se with a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The amended petition/motion to stay was dismissed with leave to amend. Petitioner has filed a second amended petition. BACKGROUND Petitioner was sentenced to 20 years in prison after he pleaded no contest to three counts of second-degree robbery. People v. Dawson, No. H041904, 2016 WL 758786, at *1 (Cal. Ct. App. Feb. 26, 2016). The California Court of Appeal affirmed his conviction on February 26, 2016. Id. Petitioner did not seek review with the California Supreme Court. In 2019 petitioner filed habeas petitions with the Santa Clara County Superior Court, California Court of Appeal and California Supreme Court. Petition (Docket No. 10) …