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