Belfield

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TONY MAURICE BELFIELD,

Case No. 19-cv-05819-JCS (PR) Petitioner, 8 v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

M. E. SPEARMAN,

10 Respondent. Dkt. Nos. 2, 3, and 6

12 INTRODUCTION Petitioner seeks federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 from his state convictions. The petition for such relief is here for review under 28 U.S.C. § 2243 and Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases. The petition states cognizable claims. On or before February 18, 2020, respondent shall file in response to the petition an answer or a dispositive motion. Petitioner has consented to magistrate jurisdiction. (Dkt. No. 4.) Respondent must also consent if the undersigned is to continue as the presiding judge in this action. BACKGROUND According to the petition in 2016, a Contra Costa Superior Court jury convicted petitioner of second degree murder, shooting at a person from a motor vehicle,…