UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 DEVIN LEE JAMES SCHMIDT, Case No. 20-cv-00219-YGR (PR)
Petitioner, ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS; AND
v. DENYING CERTIFICATE OF
APPEALABILITY
KATHLEEN ALLISON, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation,1 Respondent.
I. INTRODUCTION Petitioner Devin Lee James Schmidt, a former state prisoner, brings this pro se petition for 11 a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging the validity of a conviction of 12 arson of an inhabited structure obtained against him in state court. Dkt. 1. 13 Having read and considered the papers filed in connection with this matter and being fully 14 informed, the Court hereby DENIES all claims in the petition for the reasons set forth below. 15 II. BACKGROUND A. Factual Background The state appellate court handled the direct appeal filed by Petitioner in an unpublished 18 opinion and described the relevant facts as follows2:
In 2015, Schmidt…