Azcona

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 BRAD AZCONA, Case No. 22-cv-01317-JST

8 Petitioner,

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR

9 v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS;

DENYING CERTIFICATE OF

10 PATRICK COVELLO, APPEALABILITY; DIRECTIONS TO

CLERK

Respondent. 11

12 13 Petitioner, an inmate at Mule Creek State Prison,1 filed a pro se petition for a writ of 14 habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his state conviction. The Court found the 15 petition, ECF No. 1 (“Petition”), stated cognizable claims which merited an answer from 16 Respondent. ECF No. 10. Respondent filed an answer on the merits, ECF No. 13 (“Ans.”), and 17 Petitioner filed a traverse, ECF No. 17 (“Traverse”). For the reasons set forth below, Court will 18 deny the petition. 19 I. BACKGROUND 20 On November 17, 2017, Petitioner was found guilty by a jury in Monterey County 21 Superior Court (“trial court”) of two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances, two 22 counts of attempted…