Opinion
2:22-cv-02157-APG-DJA
01-19-2023
RICK SHAWN, Petitioner v. JEROMY BEAN, et al., Respondents
ORDER DISMISSING HABEAS PETITION WITH PREJUDICE AND CLOSING CASE
ANDREW P. GORDON, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
Rick Shawn has submitted a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (ECF No. 1-1.) I have reviewed his petition, and it is second and successive. “Before a second or successive application . . . 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(3)(A). Where a petition has been dismissed with prejudice as untimely or because of procedural default, the dismissal constitutes a disposition on the merits and renders a subsequent petition second or successive for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2244. McNabb v. Yates, 576 F.3d 1028, 1029-1030 (9th Cir. 2009); Henderson v. Lampert, 396 F.3d 1049, 1053 (9th Cir. 2005).
Shawn indicates on the face of his petition that he seeks to challenge his convictions on more than 40 counts in his 2011 Clark County, Nevada case. (ECF No. 1-1 at 1-2.) Shawn is serving numerous life sentences. Id. He also indicates that he previously challenged this judgment of conviction in this court. In February 2018, this court dismissed the petition as untimely, and judgment was entered. 2:14-cv-00738-JAD-PAL. This petition, therefore, is a second or successive habeas corpus petition. Henderson, 396 F.3d at 1053. Shawn was required to obtain authorization from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit before he could proceed. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3). He has not indicated that he has received such authorization from the court of appeals.
Thus, I dismiss this petition with prejudice. Reasonable jurists would not find this conclusion to be debatable or wrong, and I decline to issue a certificate of appealability.
I THEREFORE ORDER that the petition for writ of habeas corpus is DISMISSED with prejudice.
I FURTHER ORDER that a certificate of appealability is DENIED.
I FURTHER ORDER that the Clerk of the Court:
• FILE the petition [ECF No. 1-1].
• DIRECT INFORMAL ELECTRONIC SERVICE upon respondents under Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases by adding Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford as counsel for respondents and sending a notice of electronic filing to his office for the petition and this order. No response is required from respondents other than to respond to any orders of a reviewing court.
• ENTER FINAL JUDGMENT dismissing this action and CLOSE THIS CASE.