Martinez

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JOSEPH HASKELL MAINE, Case No. 1:20-cv-00303-JLT-HBK (HC) 12 Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

DENY PETITIONER’S SECOND AMENDED

13 v. PETITION AND DECLINE TO ISSUE A

CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY 1

14 LUIS MARTINEZ,

FOURTEEN-DAY OBJECTION PERIOD

15 Respondent.

16 17 Petitioner Joseph Haskell Maine, a state prisoner, is proceeding pro se on his Second 18 Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on November 4, 2022. 19 (Doc. No. 25, “Petition”). The Petition raises the following ground for relief: 20 Juror No. 3669228 admitted to a bias opinion against the defendant and is a family member of the victim family. 21 22 (Id. at 4, unedited text). Respondent lodged the state court record (Doc. No. 27, 27-2, 27-2) and 23 filed an Answer on February 24, 2023. (Doc. No. 28). Petitioner elected not to file a reply to the 24 Answer. (See Doc. No. 16 at 3, ¶ 4, affording a petitioner 30 days to file a reply to…