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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JERRY CONEAL, ECP624/BE3573, Case No. 21-cv-03421-SK (PR)

Petitioner,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v.

LAURIE SMITH, Sheriff, Respondent(s).

Petitioner, a state prisoner currently incarcerated at the Santa Clara County Jail in San Jose, California, has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging a conviction and sentence from San Mateo County Superior Court. The petition is properly before the undersigned for initial review because Petitioner has consented to the jurisdiction of a magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). BACKGROUND Petitioner was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder. The jury also found true allegations that Petitioner committed the crime by means of lying in wait and to further the activities of his criminal street gang, committed the crime for the benefit of a criminal street gang, personally discharged a firearm causing death, and committed the…