Hudson

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 TORIANO GERMAINE HUDSON, Case No. 17-cv-04373-EMC

8 Petitioner,

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR

9 v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

10 M. SEXTON, 11 Respondent.

12 13 I. INTRODUCTION 14 Toriano Germaine Hudson, a prisoner currently incarcerated at the California State Prison- 15 Solano, filed this pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Mr. 16 Hudson’s petition is now before the Court for review on the merits. For the reasons discussed 17 below, the petition for writ of habeas corpus is DENIED. 18 II. BACKGROUND 19 A. The Crime 20 On January 17, 2014, Lucio Sanchez was driving his pickup truck in the northbound lane 21 of Seventh Street in Richmond when he was struck on the side by an SUV. Mr. Sanchez never 22 saw the SUV until it crossed into his lane and struck him from the left. Reporter’s Transcript 23 (“RT”) 302-304. After hitting Mr. Sanchez’s car, the SUV reversed, then drove…