Dunn
Dunn v. Covello
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KEYLEN M. DUNN, Case No. 21-cv-09036-RMI
Petitioner,
ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH LEAVE
v. TO AMEND
PATRICK COVELLO, Respondent.
12 Petitioner, a California prisoner, filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He also paid the filing fee and consented to the jurisdiction of a Magistrate Judge. (dkts. 4, 7.) BACKGROUND Petitioner was convicted after a jury trial of second-degree murder with a knife and second degree robbery. People v. Dunn, A155981, 2021 WL 973386, at *1 (Cal. Ct. App. Mar. 16, 2021). The California Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment. Id. at *1. The California Supreme Court denied review. (dkt. 1 at 3.) DISCUSSION Standard of Review This court may entertain a petition for writ of habeas corpus “in behalf of a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court only on the ground that he is…