Epps v. Oliver

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 JAMES EPPS, Case No. 2:22-cv-204-GMN-MDC 4 Petitioner, MERITS ORDER 5 v. 6 RONALD OLIVER,1 et al., 7 Respondents. 8 9 Petitioner James Epps, who was found guilty of second-degree murder with the use of a 10 deadly weapon and sentenced to an aggregate sentence of 18 years to life in prison, filed a 11 counseled Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (See ECF Nos. 12 28, 38-40.) This matter is before this Court for adjudication of the merits of the Amended Petition, 13 which alleges that (1) the trial court…