Moore

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MARIA MOORE, Case No. 25-cv-03567-AMO

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. DISMISS

ANISSA DE LA CRUZ, Re: Dkt. No. 9 Defendant.

Petitioner Maria Moore is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole following a jury conviction for first degree murder with the special circumstances of financial gain and lying-in-wait. Dkt. No. 1 (“Pet.”) ¶¶ 1, 6, 10. The California Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment and summarily denied Moore’s petition for habeas corpus. Id. ¶¶ 12, 13; see People v. Moore, 2023 WL 7102005, at *6 n.6, *8 (Cal. Ct. App. 2023). The California Supreme Court denied petitions for review in both Moore’s appeal and the habeas case. Pet. ¶¶ 14, 15; Dkt. No. 9 (“Mot.”) at 2, Exs. 2 & 4. Moore now seeks federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. She asserts three claims in her Petition: (1) denial of effective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment, (2) denial of due…