Inostroz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 MIGUEL CARDONA INOSTROZ, Case No. 17-cv-05577-HSG (PR)

Petitioner, ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS; DENYING CERTIFICATE OF

7 MICHAEL MARTEL, Warden, APPEALABILITY

Respondent.

Before the Court is the pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 by Petitioner Miguel Cardona Inostroz challenging the validity of a judgment obtained against him in state court. Respondent has filed an answer to the petition, Dkt. No. 4, and Petitioner has filed a traverse, Dkt. No. 8. For the reasons set forth below, the petition is denied.

I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On July 9, 2013, a jury found Petitioner guilty of murder in the second degree enhanced by personal discharge of a firearm, assault with a firearm enhanced by personal use of the firearm and infliction of great bodily injury, and possession of a firearm by a felon. Dkt. No. 4-4, Clerk’s Transcript…