Azcona

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BRAD AZCONA, Case No. 22-cv-01317-JST

Petitioner,

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR

v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS;

DENYING CERTIFICATE OF

PATRICK COVELLO, APPEALABILITY; DIRECTIONS TO

CLERK

Respondent.

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