Edward Nikolayan v. Shawn Hatton
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
8 9 10 EDWARD NIKOLAYAN, Case No. LACV 16-8174-JLS (LAL) 11 Petitioner, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
DISMISSING PETITION FOR WRIT OF
12 v. HABEAS CORPUS AS MOOT 13 SHAWN HATTON, Warden, 14 Respondent. 15 16 17 I. 18 PROCEEDINGS 19 On November 2, 2016, Edward Nikolayan filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a 20 Person in State Custody pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On February 28, 2017, Respondent filed 21 an Answer to the Petition. On May 15, 2017, Petitioner filed a Traverse. On May 22, 2018, the 22 then-assigned Magistrate Judge ordered the parties to file supplemental briefing regarding the 23 application of the United States Supreme Court decision in McCoy v. Louisiana, --- U.S. ----, 24 138 S. Ct. 1500, 200 L. Ed. 2d 821 (2018). On June 22, 2018, Petitioner filed a first 25 supplemental brief. On August 31, 2018, Respondent filed a supplemental brief. On September 26 13, 2018, Petitioner filed a second supplemental brief. 27…