Thomas
Thomas v. Diaz
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BRUCE THOMAS, Case No.: 19cv1632-H (BLM)
Petitioner,
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR A
v.
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AND
ADOLFO GONZALES, Chief Probation DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF Officer of San Diego County, APPEALABILITY 15 Respondent. 16 Bruce Thomas (“Petitioner”) is a state probationer proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1.) Petitioner was sentenced to 180 days in custody and three years of probation following a 2017 San Diego County Superior Court conviction for contempt of court for violating a criminal protective order imposed as a condition of probation following a 2014 conviction for resisting arrest. (Id. at 1.) He claims a condition of his current probation prohibiting him from coming within 100 yards of the victims and their property, who live in a duplex next to his elderly mother, prevents him from living in his mother’s home, which he will inherit…