Norford

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 LEON NORFORD, Case No. 20-cv-00821-WHO Petitioner,

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR

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