Blacher

BACKGROUND

20 Petitioner was convicted by a jury in Contra Costa County Superior Court of first-degree 21 felony murder, two counts of attempted second-degree robbery and one count of second-degree 22 commercial burglary. On February 6, 2009, the court sentenced petitioner to 25 years to life in 23 state prison. Petitioner unsuccessfully appealed his conviction and sentence to the California 24 Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of California, and unsuccessfully sought collateral relief from the state courts. He also sought federal habeas relief from this court, but his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under § 2254 was denied on the merits on September 22, 2015. See Blacher v. McEwen, No. 12-cv-4775-RMW (N.D. Cal. Sept. 22, 2015) (order denying petition for a writ of Petitioner next filed several unsuccessful motions/petitions in the state courts, and in this court, seeking resentencing pursuant to various new state law provisions. His most recent motion/petition for resentencing pursuant to California Penal Code § 1170.95 was denied in a reasoned decision by the Contra Costa County Superior Court on February 14, 2019 and summarily…