Cruz 164127 v. Thornell

1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Ralph David Cruz, Jr., No. CV-25-00002-TUC-JGZ (LCK) 10 Petitioner, ORDER 11 v. 12 Ryan Thornell et al., 13 Respondents. 14 Petitioner Ralph David Cruz Jr., presently incarcerated at the Arizona State Prison 15 Complex-Lewis, Buckley Unit in Buckeye, Arizona, has filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas 16 Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C § 2254. (Doc. 1.) In his Petition, Cruz presents one ground 17 for relief: his life sentence without the possibility of parole violates the Eighth 18 Amendment’s prohibition against…