Spearman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JARROD ERNEST SPENCER-HAYES, No. 1:20-cv-00734-NONE-JLT (HC) Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING

v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS, DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

M. SPEARMAN, TO ASSIGN DISTRICT JUDGE FOR

PURPOSE OF CLOSING CASE AND THEN

Respondent. ENTER JUDGMENT AND CLOSE CASE,

AND DECLINING TO ISSUE CERTIFICATE

OF APPEALABILITY (Doc. Nos. 1, 23) 18 19 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding in propria persona with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In his pending petition, petitioner presents five claims for federal habeas relief challenging testimony and other evidence admitted at his trial concerning his gang affiliation and that affiliation’s link to the charges brought against him, as well as the legal viability of a gang special circumstance finding in his case. (See…