UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 ARTIEREY SHERRY, Case No. 23-cv-00026-YGR (PR)
Petitioner, ORDER OF DISMISSAL; AND
DENYING CERTIFICATE OF
v. APPEALABILITY
7 JEFF LYNCH, Warden,
Respondent.
I. INTRODUCTION This suit was reassigned from a Magistrate Judge to the undersigned in light of a recent Ninth Circuit decision. See Dkt. 5. Petitioner, a state prisoner currently incarcerated at California State Prison - Sacramento (“CSP-SAC”), has filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Dkt. 1. He has paid the full filing fee. Dkt. 3. II. LEGAL STANDARD This Court may entertain a petition for a 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 in custody in violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States.” 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a); Rose v. Hodges, 423 U.S. 19, 21 (1975). A district court shall “award the writ or issue an…