Rafael Alejandro Perez v. R. C. Johnson

• Court: District Court, C.D. California
• Decided: November 3, 2022
• Docket: 2:22-cv-05694
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RAFAEL ALEJANDRO PEREZ, ) NO. LA CV 22-05694-VBF(E) ) 12 Petitioner, ) ) 13 v. ) ORDER OF DISMISSAL ) 14 R.C. JOHNSON, ) ) 15 Respondent. ) ) 16 17 18 Petitioner, a state prisoner, filed a “Petition for Writ of 19 Habeas Corpus” on August 10, 2022. The Petition seeks to challenge 20 the Los Angeles Superior Court criminal judgment in case number 21 BA383777. Petitioner previously challenged this same Superior Court 22 judgment in a prior habeas corpus petition filed in this Court. See 23 Perez v. Ducart, CV 15-8352-VBF(E). On March 18, 2016, this Court 24 entered Judgment in Perez v. Ducart, CV 15-8352-VBF(E), denying and 25 dismissing the prior petition with prejudice. 26 27 The Court must dismiss the present Petition in accordance with 28 28 U.S.C. section 2244(b) (as amended by the “Antiterrorism and Case 2:22-cv-05694-VBF-E Document 8 Filed 11/03/22 Page 2 of 3 Page ID #:100

1 Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996”). Section 2244(b) requires that 2 a petitioner seeking to file a “second or successive” habeas petition 3 first obtain authorization from the Court of Appeals. See Burton v. 4 Stewart, 549 U.S. 147, 157 (2007) (where petitioner did not receive 5 authorization from Court of Appeals before filing second or successive 6 petition, “the District Court was without jurisdiction to entertain 7 [the petition]”); Barapind v. Reno, 225 F.3d 1100, 1111 (9th Cir. 8 2000) (“the prior-appellate-review mechanism set forth in § 2244(b) 9 requires the permission of the court of appeals before ‘a second or 10 successive habeas application under § 2254’ may be commenced”). A 11 petition need not be repetitive to be “second or successive,” within 12 the meaning of 28 U.S.C. section 2244(b). See, e.g., Thompson v. 13 Calderon, 151 F.3d 918, 920-21 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 524 U.S. 965 14 (1998); Calbert v. Marshall, 2008 WL 649798, at *2-4 (C.D. Cal. 15 Mar. 6, 2008). Petitioner evidently has not yet obtained 16 authorization from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Consequently, 17 this Court cannot entertain the present Petition. See Burton v. 18 Stewart, 549 U.S. at 157; see also Remsen v. Att’y Gen. of Calif., 471 19 Fed. App’x 571, 571 (9th Cir. 2012) (if a petitioner fails to obtain 20 authorization from the Court of Appeals to file a second or successive 21 petition, “the district court lacks jurisdiction to consider the 22 petition and should dismiss it.”) (citation omitted). 23 /// 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// 2 Case 2:22-cv-05694-VBF-E Document 8 Filed 11/03/22 Page 3 of 3 Page ID #:101

1 For all of the foregoing reasons, the Petition is denied and 2 dismissed without prejudice.1 3 4 LET JUDGMENT BE ENTERED ACCORDINGLY. 5 6 Dated: November 3, 2022 /s/ Valerie Baker Fairbank 7 VALERIE B. FAIRBANK 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 9 10 PRESENTED this 16th day of 11 August, 2022, by: 12 13 /S/ CHARLES F. EICK 14 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1 For the same reasons, Petitioner’s motions for discovery, the appointment of counsel and the expansion of the 28 record are also denied. 3