BALCACER v. NOGAN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY _________________________________________ : YOHAN BALCACER, : : Civ. No. 19-22029 (KM) Petitioner, : : v. : OPINION : PATRICK NOGAN, : : Respondent. : _________________________________________ : KEVIN MCNULTY, U.S.D.J. I. INTRODUCTION Pro se petitioner Yohan Balcacer petitions for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. DE 6. He challenges his 2014 conviction for his role in an attempt to rob undercover agents he believed to be drug dealers. For the reasons below, the petition is denied and a certificate of appealability shall…