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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SONNY JAMES MORALES, Case No. 1:20-cv-00894-KES-HBK (HC) Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

DENY PETITIONER’S PETITION AND

v. DECLINE TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY

A. COVELLO,

FOURTEEN-DAY OBJECTION PERIOD

Respondent.

16 17 I. STATUS Petitioner Sonny James Morales (“Petitioner” or “Morales”), a state prisoner, is proceeding pro se on his Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed under 28 U. S.C. § 2254 on June 29, 2020. (Doc. No. 1, “Petition”). Petitioner challenges his judgement of conviction after a jury trial for: (1) child abuse in violation of Penal Code § 273a(a) and (2) corporal injury to a child in violation of Penal Code § 273d(a), for which he was sentenced by the Fresno County Superior Court to an aggregate term of twenty-one years, consisting of the upper term of six years on count 1, doubled pursuant to the “Three Strikes” law, plus four years for the Section 12022.7(d)…