Case Name: Damone L. HICKS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Randy GROUNDS, Warden, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-08-04
Citations: 584 F. App'x 456
Docket Number: Nos. 12-55379, 13-56906
Parties: Damone L. HICKS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Randy GROUNDS, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 584
Pages: 456–456

Head Matter:
Damone L. HICKS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Randy GROUNDS, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
Nos. 12-55379, 13-56906.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 22, 2014.
Filed Aug. 4, 2014.
Demone L. Hicks, Soledad, CA, pro se.
Margaret A. Farrand, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant.
Attorney General, William N. Frank, Deputy Attorney General, AGCA-Office of the California Attorney General, Los An-geles, CA, for Respondenb-Appellee.
Before: GOODWIN, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
In these related appeals, Damone L. Hicks appeals from the district court's judgments denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petitions.
In Appeal No. 12-55379, we granted a certificate of appealability as to "(1) whether the district court erred in concluding that appellant's challenge to the sufficiency of evidence supporting Count Five was not properly exhausted on the grounds that he failed to explicitly raise the federal aspect of his claim, [ . ] and (2) whether the district court erred in dismissing appellant's Second Amended Habeas petition pursuant to Sherwood v. Tomkins, 716 F.2d 632, 634 (9th Cir.1983)." We agree with the parties that the district court erred in dismissing Hicks's petition. However, the remedy this court would provide is to remand for consideration of the claims on the merits, and during the pen-dency of this appeal, the district court already considered those claims on the merits in case number 2:12-cv-03451 and denied relief. Hicks's request for a certificate of appealability in that case is pending before this court in Appeal No. 13-56906. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal as moot.
In Appeal No. 13-56906, Hicks appeals from the denial of his section 2254 habeas petition on the merits in district court case number 2:12-cv-03451. Hicks's motions for judicial notice and to file documents under seal are granted. Having considered the merits of Hicks's claim, we deny the request for a certificate of appealability. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). All other motions are denied as moot.
Appeal No. 12-55379: DISMISSED.
Appeal No. 13-56906: DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.