Salcido

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 MARTIN SEANZ SALCIDO, Case No. 20-cv-01942-YGR (PR)

Petitioner, ORDER DISMISSING PETITION AS

SUCCESSIVE

v.

R. C. JOHNSON, Warden, Respondent.

This action was reassigned from a magistrate judge to the undersigned in light of a recent Ninth Circuit decision. Petitioner, a state prisoner, filed this pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and an application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). Dkts. 1, 6. In addition, he has filed a motion to compel discovery, a motion for an evidentiary hearing, and a request for a status report. Dkts. 7, 10, 11. Petitioner has filed a previous petition for a writ of habeas corpus with this Court, challenging the same conviction and sentence. See Case No. C 02-05541-MJJ (PR). The Court denied that petition on the merits. See Dkt. 19 in Case No. C 02-05541-MJJ (PR). DISCUSSION The Court finds the present petition is a second or successive…