Ruiz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MATTHEW RUIZ, Case No. 17-cv-06706-EMC

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR

v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

SHAWN HATTON, Docket No. 1 Defendant.

12 13 I. INTRODUCTION Matthew Ruiz (“Mr. Ruiz”) is currently serving an 80-years-to-life sentence in Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, California. He filed this action for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 2254. Mr. Ruiz’s petition is now before the Court for review on the merits. For the reasons discussed below, the Court DENIES the petition. II. BACKGROUND A jury found Mr. Ruiz guilty of two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances of lying in wait while committing the murders for the benefit of a criminal street gang, two counts of premeditated attempted first-degree murder, and found several associated firearm and gang enhancement allegations true. The…