Townsend
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 LLOYD GARY TOWNSEND, Case No. 23-cv-06102-JST
8 Petitioner,
ORDER DISMISSING PETITION;
9 v. DENYING CERTIFICATE OF
APPEALABILITY; DENYING
10 OAK SMITH, REQUEST FOR STAY 11 Respondent. Re: ECF Nos. 4, 7
12 13 Petitioner filed this pro se action seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 14 2254. ECF No. 4. For the reasons set forth below, the Court DISMISSES this petition for lack of 15 federal habeas jurisdiction; DENIES a certificate of appealability; and DENIES Petitioner’s 16 request for a stay, ECF No. 4 at 7, ECF No. 7 at 1. 17 DISCUSSION 18 In 2012, Petitioner was convinced of first-degree murder and sentenced to a prison term of 19 50 years to life. See Lloyd v. Soto, C No. 15-cv-03692 JST, 2016 WL 5869764, at *1 (Oct. 7, 20 2016). In this petition, Petitioner raises claims challenging the state court proceedings arising out 21 of his Cal. Penal Code § 1170.95 resentencing…