Lopez
Lopez v. Johnson
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOEVON LOPEZ, Case No. 21-cv-07599-JST (PR)
Petitioner, ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS;
v. DENYING CERTIFICATE OF
APPEALABILITY
R. C. JOHNSON, Warden, Respondent.
12 Before the Court is the pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 by petitioner Joevon1 Lopez challenging the validity of a judgment obtained against him in state court. Respondent has filed an answer to the petition. ECF No. 10. Petitioner has filed a document entitled, “Supplemental Brief,” which the Court construes as his traverse. ECF No. 11. Petitioner also requests an evidentiary hearing. Id. at 10. For the reasons set forth below, the Court will deny the petition. I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY In 2017, an Alameda County jury convicted petitioner of murder (Cal. Penal Code § 187(a)) and possession of a firearm by a felon (Cal. Penal Code § 29800(a)(1)), and found true an…