Gallegos v. Baca

1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 8 * * * 9 FERNANDO GALLEGOS, Case No. 3:15-cv-00254-RCJ-CLB 10 Petitioner, ORDER v. 11 ISIDRO BACA, et al., 12 Respondents. 13 14 Fernando Gallegos’ third-amended

28 U.S.C. § 2254

petition for writ of habeas 15 corpus is before the court for adjudication on the merits (ECF No. 42). 16 I. Background & Procedural History 17 On November 22, 2008, a jury convicted Gallegos of first-degree murder for the 18 stabbing death of a man in a Reno motel (exhibit 28).1 A separate penalty hearing was 19 then held before the jury, and Gallegos was…