Coset

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Kevin Albert Richard COSET, Case No.: 21-cv-1439-MMA-AGS Petitioner, REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

TO DENY HABEAS CORPUS

v.

PETITION (ECF 1)

Kathleen ALLISON, Secretary of California Department of Corrections and 7 Rehabilitation, et al., Respondents. 9 Petitioner Kevin Coset seeks a writ of habeas corpus. Most of his claims are waived due to his valid guilty plea. See Tollett v. Henderson, 411 U.S. 258, 267 (1973). The remaining claims are either unexhausted or noncognizable. BACKGROUND In 2013, as he later admitted, petitioner Kevin Coset “repeatedly shot and stabbed an acquaintance and wrapped his body in a sleeping bag.” People v. Coset, No. D074258, 2020 WL 1670641, at *1 (Cal. App. 4th Dist. Apr. 6, 2020). Coset was charged with first- degree murder, including a lying-in-wait special circumstance allegation as well as firearm and deadly-weapon enhancement allegations. Id. Over the next several years, Coset fired his first…