Mitchell v. People of the State of California

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 RUBEN MITCHELL, Petitioner, Case No. 20-04294 BLF (PR) 7 v. ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR 8 WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS; MICHAEL MARTEL, Warden, DENYING CERTIFICATE OF 9 Respondent. APPEALABILITY; DIRECTIONS TO CLERK 10 11 12 Petitioner has filed a pro se amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28

13 U.S.C. § 2254

challenging his 2016 criminal conviction. Dkt. No. 6 (“Amended 14 Petition”). Respondent filed an answer on the merits. Dkt. No. 12 (“Answer”). Petitioner 15 did not file a traverse, although given an…