Gamboa

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EDWARD V. RAY, JR., Case No. 25-cv-09357-VC

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL OF SECOND

v. OR SUCCESSIVE PETITION;

DENYING CERTIFICATE OF

MARTIN GAMBOA, APPEALABILITY

Defendant.

Edward Ray, Jr., a state prisoner at Avenal State Prison, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on October 30, 2025, under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging a 2007 state conviction from the Alameda County Superior Court. Ray has filed previous petitions for writ of habeas corpus challenging his 2007 conviction. Additionally, Ray filed an application for leave to file a second or successive section 2254 petition in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on June 6, 2025, attaching the identical or substantially similar petition that he then filed in this court almost five months later. His Ninth Circuit petition was docketed as Case No. 25- 3974. On September 19, 2025, the Ninth Circuit entered an order finding that Ray’s application to file a second or successive petition raised issues that warranted further briefing, and appointed counsel. Ray’s counsel Yevgeniy…