Guzman v. Pickett

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 LAZARO GUZMAN, Case No. 20-cv-04067-JST 8 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR 9 v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AND DENYING CERTIFICATE OF 10 JASON PICKETT, APPEALABILITY 11 Defendant. Re: ECF No. 1 12 13 Before the Court is Petitioner Lazaro Guzman’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed 14 pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254

to challenge the validity of his state criminal conviction. ECF No. 1. 15 Respondent filed an answer to the petition, ECF No. 13, and Guzman declined to file a traverse.1 16 After careful consideration,…