Davis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 FRANKLIN LYNCH, Case No. 18-cv-00444-EMC

Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE

v. ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S

MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE

RON DAVIS, et al., PLEADINGS Respondents. Docket No. 103

12 13 Petitioner is a condemned inmate at San Quentin Prison. Before the Court is Petitioner’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (Docket No. 103), which seeks a ruling pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(c) on Claim Nine in the Amended Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus (“Amended Petition”) (Docket No. 82). Respondent has filed a response (Docket No. 104), and Petitioner has replied (Docket No. 106). For the reasons described below, the Court DENIES the motion. I. BACKGROUND In 1992 an Alameda Superior Court jury convicted Petitioner of, inter alia, the first-degree murders of Pearl Larson, Adeline Figuerido, and Anna Constantin. (Docket No. 82 at 20);…