Jernigan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 MARC EXTER JERNIGAN, Case No.: 15cv2793-BTM (RBB)

Petitioner,

ORDER:

v.

MERRIEN EDWARD, Warden, (1) ADOPTING THE FINDINGS AND Respondent. CONCLUSIONS OF UNITED STATES

MAGISTRATE JUDGE;

18 (2) DENYING PETITION FOR A

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS;

20 (3) DENYING MOTION FOR STAY

AND ABEYANCE; AND

22 (4) GRANTING A LIMITED

CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

24 Petitioner Marc Exter Jernigan is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his conviction for murder with the use of a deadly weapon, a knife, for which he is serving a sentence of 26 years to life in state prison. (ECF No. 1.) He raises 54 claims in his 1477-page Petition. (Id.) Respondent has filed an Answer (ECF No. 19) and lodged over 11,000 pages of the state court record. (ECF Nos. 19–22.) Petitioner has filed a Traverse. (ECF No. 26.) United States Magistrate Judge Ruben B. Brooks has filed an…