Dawson
Dawson v. State of California
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 KENNETH DEAN DAWSON, Case No. 19-cv-05494-PJH
8 Petitioner,
ORDER DISMISSING PETITION WITH
9 v. LEAVE TO AMEND
10 THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. 11
12 13 Petitioner, a California prisoner, proceeds pro se with a writ of habeas corpus 14 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The amended petition/motion to stay was dismissed with 15 leave to amend. Petitioner has filed a second amended petition. 16 BACKGROUND 17 Petitioner was sentenced to 20 years in prison after he pleaded no contest to three 18 counts of second-degree robbery. People v. Dawson, No. H041904, 2016 WL 758786, at 19 *1 (Cal. Ct. App. Feb. 26, 2016). The California Court of Appeal affirmed his conviction 20 on February 26, 2016. Id. Petitioner did not seek review with the California Supreme 21 Court. In 2019 petitioner filed habeas petitions with the Santa Clara County Superior 22 Court, California Court of Appeal and California Supreme Court. Petition (Docket No. 10) 23 …