Watkins
Watkins v. Pickett
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAVID DEAN WATKINS, Case No. 3:20-cv-0979-BAS-JLB
Plaintiff,
SUMMARY DISMISSAL OF
v. SUCCESSIVE PETITION
PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C.
J. PICKETT, Acting Warden, § 2244(b)(3)(A) GATEKEEPER Defendant. PROVISION 16 Petitioner David Dean Watkins has filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons discussed below, this case is summarily dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A). PETITION BARRED BY GATEKEEPER PROVISION The instant Petition is not the first Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus Petitioner has submitted to this Court challenging his July 8, 2003 conviction in San Diego County Superior Court Case No. SCD1163340. On January 9, 2007, Petitioner filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in case number 07-cv-0196-W-POR. In that petition, Petitioner
26 1 In the petition filed January 9, 2007, Petitioner’s name appears on the docket as…