Opinion
OPINION AND ORDER ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
RONALD S.W. LEW, District Judge.
On April 11, 2011, Petitioner Ronald Nathaniel Mayer, proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus By a Person in State Custody ("Petition") pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The Petition challenges his conviction in Los Angeles County Superior Court in 2004. (Petition at 2 & Attachment.)
I.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Pursuant to Fed.R.Evid. 201, this Court takes judicial notice of the records in a prior federal habeas corpus action brought by Petitioner in the Central District of California: Ronald Nathaniel Mayer v. John Marshall , CV 08-5585-RSWL (AGR) (" Mayer I ").
In 2004, Petitioner pled guilty to robbery with use of a weapon and was sentenced to prison for 12 years. (Petition at 2.) Petitioner did not appeal. ( Id. at 2-3.)
In Mayer I , on August 26, 2008, Petitioner filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in this court. On January 12, 2009, the District Court issued an Order Adopting Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation and Judgment denying the petition with prejudice based on expiration of the statute of limitations. Mayer I , Dkt. Nos. 13-14. There is no indication Petitioner filed a notice of appeal.
The current Petition challenges the same conviction and sentence as Mayer I . (Petition at 2 & Attachment.)
II.
DISCUSSION
The Petition was filed after enactment of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ("AEDPA"). Therefore, the Court applies the AEDPA in reviewing the Petition. Lindh v. Murphy , 521 U.S. 320, 336, 117 S.Ct. 2059, 138 L.Ed.2d 481 (1997).
The AEDPA provides, in pertinent part: "Before a second or successive application permitted by this section is filed in the district court, the applicant shall move in the appropriate court of appeals for an order authorizing the district court to consider the application." 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A). A district court does not have jurisdiction to consider a "second or successive" petition absent authorization from the Ninth Circuit. Burton v. Stewart , 549 U.S. 147, 152, 127 S.Ct. 793, 166 L.Ed.2d 628 (2007); Cooper v. Calderon , 274 F.3d 1270, 1274 (9th Cir. 2001) ("When the AEDPA is in play, the district court may not, in the absence of proper authorization from the court of appeals, consider a second or successive habeas application.") (citation and quotation marks omitted).
Here, the Petition is a second or successive petition that challenges the same conviction and sentence imposed by the same judgment of the state court as in Mayer I . (Petition at 2, 5.) The petition in Mayer I was denied with prejudice as untimely. "[D]ismissal of a section 2254 habeas petition for failure to comply with the statute of limitations renders subsequent petitions second or successive for purposes of the AEDPA." McNabb v. Yates , 576 F.3d 1028, 1030 (9th Cir. 2009).
It plainly appears from the face of the Petition that Petitioner has not received authorization from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to file a second or successive petition. This Court must, therefore, dismiss the Petition as a successive petition for which it lacks jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3). See Burton , 549 U.S. at 152.
Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States Courts provides that "[i]f it plainly appears from the face of the petition and any attached exhibits that the petitioner is not entitled to relief in the district court, the judge must dismiss the petition and direct the clerk to notify the petitioner." Here, summary dismissal is warranted.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Judgment be entered summarily dismissing the Petition and action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.