(HC)Royal
(HC)Royal v. Warden
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARLIN ROYAL, Case No.: 21-CV-834-WQH(WVG)
Petitioner,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. AMEND AND REOPENING CASE
RAYMOND MADDEN, Warden, [Doc. No. 16.] Respondent. 16 On August 16, 2019, Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. The case was transferred to this Court on April 29, 2021 and was assigned case no. 21-CV-834-WQH(WVG). (See Royal v. Madden, 21-CV- 834-WQH(WVG) (S.D. Cal. Apr. 26, 2021) (Doc. No. 1).) In case no. 21-CV-834- WQH(WVG), Royal challenges his conviction in San Diego Superior Court case no SCE361596. (Id.) The Court informed Royal in an Order dated May 13, 2021, that he had filed a mixed petition and provided Royal with four options to choose from in order to proceed with his case. (See Order dated May 13, 2021 in…