Macomber

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSEPH JACKSON, Case No.: 22-cv-863-LAB-DEB

Petitioner,

ORDER:

v. (1) DENYING PETITION FOR JEFF MACOMBER,

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

Respondent. [Dkt. 1]; and

16 (2) DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY 18 I. INTRODUCTION Petitioner Joseph Jackson, a state prisoner currently in custody for life without the possibility of parole (“LWOP”), filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (“Petition” or “Pet.”), arguing his ineligibility for a youth offender parole hearing under California Penal Code section 3051 violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. (See Dkt. 1, Pet.).1 The Court has reviewed the Petition, (id.), the Answer and Memorandum

Page numbers for the Petition, Answer, and Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of the Answer cited in this Order refer to those imprinted by 28 of Points and…