Cisneros

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMIE G. TAPIA, Case No.: 22cv283-LL-NLS

Petitioner,

ORDER DENYING FIRST

v.

AMENDED PETITION FOR WRIT

T. CISNEROS, Warden, OF HABEAS CORPUS AND Respondent. GRANTING A LIMITED

CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

16 Presently before the Court is a First Amended Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 by Jamie G. Tapia, a state prisoner proceeding pro se. ECF No. 8. Respondent has filed an Answer and a Notice of Lodgment of the state court record. ECF Nos. 15, 16. Petitioner has not filed a Traverse.1 I. BACKGROUND A jury found Petitioner guilty of kidnapping, carjacking, kidnapping during a carjacking, assault with a firearm, corporal injury to a spouse and/or a person with whom he had a dating relationship, carrying a loaded firearm with intent to commit a felony, and

26 1 Although this case was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Nita L. Stormes pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B), the…