Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in denying petitioner's habeas petition

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW f Whether the Ninth Circuit erred when it denied petitioner Ekanem H ; Kufreobon Essien’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition based on its conclusion that his constitutional right to have every element proven beyond a reasonable doubt was not violated by the imposition of the California gang enhancement at sentencing, where the evidence was insufficient to establish: (1) the existence of a criminal street gang within the meaning of the Street Terrorism Enforcement and i Prevention Act, Cal. Penal Code § 186.22; and (2) that petitioner acted in | association with that same criminal street gang. . i RELATED CASES | People v. Ekanem Kutreobon Essien, et al., No. A134046, California Court of i Appeal. Judgment entered October 31, 2013. i People v. Ekanem Kufreobon Essien, et al., No. S215094, Supreme Court of [ California. Judgment entered on February 11, 2014. : Ekanem Kutreobon Essien v. Suzanne M. Peery, Warden, No. 15-CV-020382 JD, | Northern District of California. Judgment entered April 20, 2017. | Jacob Christian Mullan v. Eric Arnold, Warden, No. 15-CV-01003 JD, Northern i District of California. Judgment entered on April 24, 2017. ' Ekanem Kufreobon Essien v. Suzanne M. Peery, Warden, No. 17-16084, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Judgment entered on November 7, 2019. : Jacob Christian Mullan v. Eric Arnold, Warden, No. 17-16052, Ninth Circuit | Court of Appeals. Judgment entered on November 7, 2019. | : Question Presented for Review