Maxstadt
Maxstadt v. Pickett
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 RYAN JOSEPH MAXSTADT, Lead Case No. 5:20-cv-08059-EJD
Petitioner, ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
v. 10 Re: ECF No. 1 JASON PICKETT, Respondent.
13 In 2018, following convictions on five criminal charges in Mendocino County, a state trial court sentenced Petitioner Ryan Maxstadt to a term of 38 years and eight months to life. Maxstadt now challenges two of his convictions by petitioning this Court for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petition, ECF No. 1. Maxstadt raises four claims in his petition: (1) ineffective assistance of trial counsel; (2) lack of sufficient evidence; (3) defective jury instructions; and (4) actual innocence. After considering the parties’ submissions and the record in this matter, the Court DENIES Maxstadt’s petition. I. BACKGROUND A. Statement of Facts1 In late 2016, police in Ukiah, California were investigating a string of burglaries…