Belfield v. Pickett

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 TONY MAURICE BELFIELD, Case No. 21-cv-01838-HSG (PR) 8 Petitioner, ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR 9 v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS; DENYING CERTIFICATE OF 10 BRIAN KIBLER, APPEALABILITY 11 Respondent. 12 13 Before the Court is the petition for a writ of habeas corpus of Petitioner Tony Maurice 14 Belfield, brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging the validity of his state court 15 conviction. Dkt. No. 1. Respondent has filed an answer to the petition, Dkt. No. 17 and Petitioner 16 has filed a traverse, Dkt No. 25. For…