Bowell
Bowell v. Hill
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES BOWELL, Case No.: 3:23-cv-01234-LL-AHG
Petitioner,
ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S
v. MOTION FOR EVIDENTIARY
HEARING
MARCUS POLLARD, Warden, et al.,
Respondents. [ECF No. 27] 16 Before the Court is Petitioner’s Motion for Evidentiary Hearing Revisiting Prior Convictions CDCR-BPH Used 9/28/2021 (“Motion for Evidentiary Hearing”). ECF No. 27. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is DENIED. I. BACKGROUND Petitioner James Bowell, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on March 2, 2023, challenging his state court conviction for failure to register as a sex offender and resulting sentence of 25 years to life under California’s Three Strikes Law. ECF No. 1. Respondent filed an Answer to the Petition on September 21, 2023, and Petitioner filed a Traverse on September 29, 2023. ECF Nos. 23, 25. On October…