Martinez

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JOSEPH HASKELL MAINE, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-0303 JLT HBK (HC) ) 12 Petitioner, ) ORDER ADOPTING THE FINDINGS AND ) RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING SECOND 13 v. ) AMENDED PETITION FOR WRIT OF ) HABEAS CORPUS, DIRECTING CLERK OF 14 LUIS MARTINEZ, ) COURT TO CLOSE CASE, AND DECLINING ) TO ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF 15 Respondent. ) APPEALABILITY ) ) (Docs. 25, 29) 16 17 Joseph Haskell Maine is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with his Second Amended 18 Petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, asserting juror bias. (Doc. 25.) 19 Petitioner contends: “Juror No. 3669228 admitted to a bias opinion against the defendant and is a 20 family member of the victim family.” (Id. at 4.) 21 The magistrate judge reviewed the state court decisions and observed that “the trial court 22 promptly convened a hearing after Juror No. 3669228 made known to the trial court that he saw 23 someone familiar in the audience.” (Doc. 29 at 14.) The magistrate…