LaGrone

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MARK S. LAGRONE, Case No. 22-cv-03249-JST

Petitioner,

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR

v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS;

DENYING CERTIFICATE OF

PATRICK COVELLO, APPEALABILITY Respondent.

12 Before the Court is the above-titled petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 by petitioner Mark LaGrone, challenging the validity of his state court conviction. ECF No. 1. Respondent has filed an answer to the petition. ECF No. 10 (“Answer”). Petitioner has filed a traverse. ECF No. 13. For the reasons set forth below, the Court DENIES the petition for a writ of habeas corpus and DENIES a certificate of appealability. I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY On February 26, 2020, an Alameda County jury found Petitioner guilty of two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, along with an enhancement for personal infliction of great bodily injury. The jury also found Petitioner not guilty…