Morrison
Morrison v. Cueva
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 WARREN MORRISON, Case No. 20-cv-04239-EMC
Petitioner,
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR A
v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
JARED LOZANO,1 Respondent.
12 13 I. INTRODUCTION Warren Morrison, a prisoner currently incarcerated at California Medical Facility in Vacaville, filed this pro se action for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Respondent has filed an answer and Mr. Morrison has filed a traverse. Mr. Morrison’s petition is now before the Court for review on the merits. For the reasons discussed below, the petition for writ of habeas corpus will be DENIED. II. BACKGROUND A. The Crime The California Court of Appeal described the crime as follows:
On October 25, 2015, Michelle Smith had been dating [Jarmal] Magee for about three months. She dropped him off in the 300 block of Wisteria in East Palo Alto and went to have dinner with a…