Garcia v. Spearman

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ELVIS LORENZO GARCIA, Case No. 17-cv-06377-EMC 8 Petitioner, ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR 9 v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS 10 M. ELIOT SPEARMAN, 11 Respondent. 12 13 I. INTRODUCTION 14 Elvis Lorenzo Garcia filed this action for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 15 § 2254 to challenge his conviction and sentence from Santa Cruz County Superior Court. 16 Respondent has filed an answer to the petition, and Mr. Garcia has not filed a traverse. For the 17 reasons discussed below, the petition is denied. 18 II.…