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Moore v. De La Cruz — N.D. Cal. dismisses habeas claim of free-standing actual innocence as not cognizable under Herrera

Judge Martínez-Olguín dismisses with prejudice the freestanding actual innocence claim in Maria Moore’s federal habeas petition challenging her California first-degree murder conviction with special circumstances, holding that the U.S. Supreme Court has not yet recognized a free-standing innocence c