Hedgepeth
Hedgepeth v. Madden
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
HASSON HEDGEPETH,
Case No. 20-00858 BLF (PR) Petitioner, ORDER DENYING RENEWED v. MOTION FOR STAY; DENYING MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF
COUNSEL
R. MADDEN,
Respondent. (Docket Nos. 25, 26)
Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his state conviction. On April 7, 2021, the Court dismissed the petition with leave to amend because Petitioner indicated that a request for a new trial was pending in Alameda County Superior Court based on a claim of instructional error. Dkt. No. 5 at 3. Petitioner also included an instructional error claim in the petition and stated that the “instructional error wasn’t presented to any court because my lawyer thought it held no matter despite my request to raise.” Id. at 5. Based on this…