McCowan
McCowan v. Johnson
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 RAYMOND B. MCCOWAN, Case No. 23-cv-01680-JST
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO
v. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS;
DISMISSING PETITION FOR A WRIT
PAT HORN, OF HABEAS CORPUS; DENYING
CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY
Defendant. 11 Re: ECF No. 2, 4 12 Petitioner, an inmate at California State Prison – Los Angeles,1 filed this pro se action seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS Petitioner leave to proceed in forma pauperis, ECF Nos. 2, 4; DISMISSES the petition for a writ of habeas corpus; and DENIES a certificate of appealability. BACKGROUND On May 7, 2012, Petitioner was sentenced to a term of thirteen years in state prison in San Francisco County Superior Court after a jury found him guilty of kidnapping (Cal. Penal Code § 207(a)); domestic violence (Cal. Penal Code § 273.5(a)); assault with force likely to cause great …