Hollis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANDREW HOLLIS, Case No.: 24cv1643 AJB (SBC)

Petitioner,

ORDER:

v. (1) GRANTING RESPONDENT’S JAMES HILL, Warden, MOTION TO DISMISS [ECF No. 4]; Respondent. (2) DISMISSING PETITION; AND

(3) DENYING CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY

18 Andrew Hollis (“Petitioner”) is a state prisoner proceeding through counsel with a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (ECF No. 1.) Petitioner challenges his 2017 conviction in San Diego Superior Court case number SCN343741 for first-degree murder with the special circumstance of arson, and his resultant sentence of life without the possibility of parole. (See ECF No. 1-3 at 2.) Petitioner raises three claims, in which he contends that his conviction resulted from both (1) the introduction of false expert testimony and (2) the ineffective assistance of trial counsel in failing to call a defense expert and in not arguing for the …