McClain v. Bean

1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 8 * * * 9 CLIFFORD MCCLAIN, Case No. 2:17-cv-00753-RFB-NJK 10 Petitioner, Order Denying Petition for a Writ of v. Habeas Corpus and Denying a Certificate 11 of Appealability JEREMY BEAN,1 et al., 12 Respondents. 13 Clifford McClain’s third-amended

28 U.S.C. § 2254

habeas corpus petition is before the 14 Court for final adjudication on the merits. ECF No. 48. As discussed below, the petition is denied. 15 16 I. BACKGROUND & PROCEDURAL HISTORY 17 In January 2009, after an eight-day trial, a jury convicted McClain of first-degree murder…