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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 WILLIE WILLIAMS, Case No. 14-cv-00101-EMC

8 Petitioner,

ORDER DISMISSING CLAIM 1 AND

9 v. SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR

REMAINING CLAIMS

10 DAVEY, Docket No. 28 11 Respondent.

12 13 I. INTRODUCTION 14 Willie Williams filed this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 to challenge his 2010 15 conviction from the Alameda County Superior Court. Respondent now moves to dismiss an 16 ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim as procedurally defaulted. Mr. Williams opposes the 17 motion. For the reasons discussed below, the Court concludes that the claim is procedurally 18 defaulted and dismisses it. The Court also sets a briefing schedule for Mr. Williams’ four 19 remaining claims. 20 II. BACKGROUND 21 Following a jury trial in Alameda County Superior Court in 2010, Mr. Williams was 22 convicted of first degree murder with the special circumstance of a murder committed during a 23 robbery. He was…