Murray
Murray v. Lozano
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 RICKEY PAUL MURRAY, Case No. 20-cv-00471-HSG
Petitioner,
ORDER DIRECTING RESPONDENT
v. TO SUPPLEMENT THE RECORD
J. LOZANO, Respondent.
12 Rickey Paul Murray filed this pro se action seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. One of Petitioner’s claims for habeas relief is that his counsel was ineffective for failing to raise a challenge under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986). Specifically, he contends that his counsel failed to object when the prosecutor struck one of two possible African American jurors, and defense counsel improperly challenged the other remaining African American juror, leaving an all-white panel of jurors. ECF No. 1 at 5–8. The Court orders that, within thirty (30) days of the date of this order, Respondent shall file with this Court and serve upon Petitioner copies of the voir dire transcript, as well as the juror questionnaires. The Court will sua sponte GRANT Petitioner leave to…