Brown

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 JERRY BROWN, Case No. 17-cv-02691-PJH

Petitioner,

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR

v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AND

GRANTING CERTIFICATE OF

RAYMOND MADDEN, APPEALABILITY Respondent.

14 This is a habeas corpus case filed pro se by a state prisoner pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The court ordered respondent to show cause why the writ should not be granted. Respondent filed an answer and lodged exhibits with the court and petitioner filed a traverse. For the reasons set out below, the petition is denied. BACKGROUND A jury found petitioner guilty of sexual and related offenses involving four women. People v. Brown, No. A139357, 2015 WL 7572482, at *1 (Cal. Ct. App. Nov. 25, 2015). Petitioner was sentenced to a determinate term of 37 years and eight months in prison and a consecutive term of life with the possibility of parole, with the requirement that he serve at least…