MesaRamos

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOSE D. MESARAMOS, Case No. 22-cv-05486-WHO (PR)

Petitioner,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

v.

RICK HILL, Dkt. No. 9 Respondent.

12 INTRODUCTION Petitioner Jose D. MesaRamos seeks federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 from his California state convictions and for the state’s denials of his resentencing petitions. As respondent points out in his motion to dismiss, the habeas petition fails to state a claim for relief. His claim that the murder liability theory under which he was convicted is now invalid is without factual support; his claim that his life sentence without parole violates Supreme Court precedent is also without factual support; and his claims that he is entitled to sentencing reductions or a hearing under youth offender laws are state law claims that were rejected by the state courts. Furthermore, to the extent that the petition challenges his 2009 state convictions (other than the murder liability theory and resentencing claims), it is…