Horel

MEMORANDUM

Cekoven Johnson, a California state prisoner, appeals the district court’s denial of his writ of habeas corpus challenging his conviction of two counts of attempted premeditated murder. He claims the evidence was insufficient to support the convictions.

The evidence showed that Johnson and his co-defendant saw the victims, who were members of a rival gang, and pushed and then drove their car along-side the rival gang members. After Johnson brandished a gun at the victims and shouted a derogatory description of the rival gang, multiple gunshots were fired. The evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to upholding the verdict, was sufficient for a rational fact-finder to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that Johnson was guilty of attempted premeditated murder. See Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319 , 99 S.Ct. 2781 , 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979). The California court’s application of Jackson was not unreasonable. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (d)(1).

Johnson also asks us to broaden the certificate of appealability to decide whether the trial court erred in its instructions to the jury on the use of circumstantial evidence. The issue does not present a federal question. It is…