(HC) Glass v. Hill

District Court, E.D. California·Decided June 4, 2025·No. 2:24-cv-03020·Unknown

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RAYMOND GEORGE GLASS, No. 2:24-cv-3020 DC CSK P 12 Petitioner, 13 v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 JAMES HILL, et al., 15 Respondents. 16 17 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se. On October 30, 2024, petitioner filed a 18 petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (ECF No. 1.) On December 17, 2024, 19 petitioner paid the filing fee. On March 20, 2025, petitioner was ordered to show cause why this 20 action should not be dismissed as untimely. Following an extension of time, petitioner filed his 21 response on May 27, 2025. As discussed below, the Court finds that the petition is untimely, and 22 recommends that this action be dismissed. 23 I. BACKGROUND 24 Petitioner was convicted in Stanislaus County Superior Court, No. 1027257. See People 25 v. Raymond George Glass, 114 Cal. App. 4th 1032 (5th Dist. Jan. 6, 2004). On appeal, the 26 California Court of Appeal dismissed certain enhancements, affirmed the conviction in all other 27 respects, and remanded petitioner’s case to the trial court for resentencing. Id. at 1038. 28 /// 1 Petitioner filed a petition for review in the California Supreme Court on February 6, 2004. 2 People v. Glass, No. S122396.1 The California Supreme Court denied review on March 24, 2004. 3 Id. 4 Following resentencing, petitioner filed an appeal from the sentence imposed on remand, 5 which the California Court of Appeal described as follows: 6 [the trial judge] sentenced Glass to consecutive terms of 30 years to life on counts I and II (15 years to life on each count, doubled 7 pursuant to section 667, subd. (e)(1)), a consecutive term of six years for dissuading a witness from testifying (midterm of three years, 8 doubled), enhanced by five years for previously having been convicted of a serious felony (§ 667, subd. (a)), and an additional five 9 years for having inflicted serious bodily injury during the commission of the aggravated rape in count II (§ 12022.8), for a total 10 sentence of 76 years to life. The remaining counts were either stayed pursuant to section 654 or imposed concurrently. 11 12 People v. Glass, 2005 WL 3275796, at *1 (Cal. Ct. App. Dec. 5, 2005). In evaluating petitioner’s 13 claim that his sentence of 76 years to life is cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth 14 Amendment, the California Court of Appeal found that petitioner’s case was not one of the 15 exceedingly rare cases in which the gross disproportionality principle applies: 16 Glass received a sentence of 76 years to life for his convictions of two counts of sexually abusing a child under the age of 14 years, 17 enhanced because he inflicted great bodily injury during the commission of one of the assaults. The Legislature reasonably could 18 have concluded that these crimes deserved greater punishment than the crimes in the cited cases. His criminal background also increased 19 his sentence because (1) he had a previous conviction that constituted a serious felony, and (2) he had served a prior prison term. His 20 sentence also included six years for dissuading a witness from testifying. These factors convince us this case is not one in which 21 the sentence was grossly disproportionate to the crimes committed. 22 Id. at *14. The California Court of Appeal affirmed petitioner’s sentence and conviction on 23 December 5, 2005. Id. at *1, 15. 24 ///

25 1 The court may take judicial notice of facts that are “not subject to reasonable dispute because it . . . can be accurately and readily determined from sources whose accuracy cannot 26 reasonably be questioned,” Fed. R. Evid. 201(b), including undisputed information posted on official websites. Daniels-Hall v. National Education Association, 629 F.3d 992, 999 (9th Cir. 27 2010). It is appropriate to take judicial notice of the docket sheet of a California court. White v. Martel, 601 F.3d 882, 885 (9th Cir. 2010). The address of the official website of the California 28 state courts is www.courts.ca.gov. 1 On January 5, 2006, petitioner filed a petition for review in the California Supreme Court. 2 People v. Glass, No. S140170. The California Supreme Court denied the petition for review 3 without comment on March 1, 2006. Id. 4 Petitioner did not file a petition for a writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court. 5 See S. Ct. Docket Search, https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docket.aspx (last visited Nov. 6 14, 2024). 7 On July 24, 2013, petitioner filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the California 8 Supreme Court. Glass (Raymond George) on H.C., No. S212285. The California Supreme Court 9 denied the petition on October 16, 2013, without comment. Id. 10 On December 10, 2013, petitioner filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the 11 California Court of Appeal for the Fifth Appellate District. In re Raymond George Glass on 12 Habeas Corpus, No. 068482. On January 31, 2014, the California Court of Appeal denied the 13 petition without comment. Id. 14 On February 20, 2014, petitioner filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the California 15 Supreme Court. Glass (Raymond George) on H.C., No. S216640. On April 30, 2014, the 16 California Supreme Court denied the petition without comment. Id. 17 On October 6, 2014, petitioner’s petition for writ of certiorari to the United States 18 Supreme Court was denied by the United States Supreme Court. Glass v. California, 135 S. Ct. 19 230 (2014). 20 On November 20, 2015, petitioner filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the 21 California Supreme Court. Glass (Raymond George) on H.C., No. S230725. The California 22 Supreme Court denied the petition, citing People v. Duvall, 9 Cal.4th 464, 474 (1995); In re 23 Dexter, 25 Cal.3d 921, 925-26 (1979).2 Id. 24 On November 5, 2020, petitioner filed a petition for writ of mandate/prohibition against 25 California. Glass v. California, No. S265415. On December 9, 2020, the California Supreme 26

27 2 In Duvall, the state court found that a habeas petition must include copies of reasonably available documentary evidence. Duvall, 9 Cal.4th at 474. In Dexter, the state court found that 28 prisoners must exhaust administrative remedies. Dexter, 25 Cal.3d 921, 925-26. 1 Court denied the petition without comment. Id. 2 On April 8, 2024, petitioner filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the California 3 Supreme Court. Glass (Raymond George) on H.C., No. S284569 (see ECF Nos. 1-2 at 7-70, 1-3 4 at 1-36). On August 14, 2024, the California Supreme Court denied the petition without 5 comment. Glass (Raymond George) on H.C., No. S284569. 6 Petitioner constructively filed this action on October 7, 2024. (ECF No. 1 at 54.) 7 II. PETITIONER’S CLAIMS 8 Petitioner raises six claims for relief in his petition: (1) the trial court lacked jurisdiction; 9 (2) the trial court, no longer a constitutional court, was not competent to try petitioner and denied 10 petitioner due process; (3) the trial court intentionally misrepresented petitioner as a corporation 11 rather than a human being; (4) the trial court subjected petitioner “to constitutional impermissible 12 application of statutes” because the court did not provide petitioner proof or evidence that his true 13 and proper name was used; (5) petitioner was subjected to double jeopardy because both a term of 14 imprisonment and a monetary penalty were imposed; and (6) the trial court subjected petitioner to 15 “forced liability for surety bond under acts of fraud.” (ECF No.

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