Rolando Esteban Sanchez v. Raymond Madden

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROLANDO ESTEBAN SANCHEZ, Case No.: 21-cv-1072 MMA (MDD)

Petitioner,

ORDER GRANTING RESPONDENT’S

v. MOTION TO DISMISS PETITION

FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

RAYMOND MADDEN,

Respondent. [Doc. No. 15] 16 17 Rolando Esteban Sanchez (“Petitioner”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Doc. No. 1. Petitioner challenges the result of a 2019 prison disciplinary proceeding at Centinela State Prison in Imperial County in which he was found guilty of distribution of a controlled substance and the resultant loss of 180 days of good time credits. Id. at 1, 36– 49. Petitioner claims his federal right to due process was violated through prison officials’ failure to follow their own operational procedures for the handling of evidence resulting in the exclusion of evidence, in addition to falsification of statements and restriction on third person…