Douglas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PATRICK C. DOUGLAS, Case No.: 22-CV-884-JLS (BGS)

Petitioner,

ORDER DENYING FIRST

v.

AMENDED PETITION FOR

RICK HILL, Warden, et al., WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AND Respondents. ISSUING A CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY

16 Presently before the Court is a First Amended Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 by Patrick C. Douglas, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis. ECF No. 17. Respondent has filed an Answer and lodged the state court record. ECF Nos. 19, 20. Petitioner has filed a Traverse. ECF No. 26. I. Background A jury found Petitioner guilty of two counts of attempted premeditated murder with the use of a deadly weapon and infliction of great bodily injury, two counts of assault with the use of a deadly weapon and infliction of great bodily injury, one count of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer, and one count of evading an officer with reckless

27 Although this case was…