Norford

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 LEON NORFORD, Case No. 20-cv-00821-WHO Petitioner, 8

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR

9 v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS 10 WARREN L. MONTGOMERY, Warden Respondent. 11 12 13 Petitioner Leon Norford seeks a writ of habeas corpus to reverse or remand his conviction 14 related to a drive-by shooting, or to grant an evidentiary hearing to consider his claims further. 15 See generally First Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (“Amended Petition”) [Dkt. No. 16 14]. Norford seeks habeas relief on six bases: (1) prejudicial ineffective assistance of counsel 17 when trial counsel failed to present a defense gang expert at trial; (2) prejudicial error and denial 18 of due process when the court allowed pretrial photo-based eyewitness identification evidence at 19 trial; (3) denial of due process because the eyewitness identification evidence admitted at trial was 20 false; (4) denial of due process by admission of evidence of petitioner’s uncharged behavior; (5) 21 cumulative prejudice from these…