(HC) Owens v. People of the State of CA
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KENNETH O. OWENS, JR., No. 2:15-cv-1286 DJC AC P Petitioner, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
DERRICK CARRAWAY, Regional Parole Administrator,1 15 Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a California state prisoner proceeding pro se with an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The action proceeds on the second amended petition, ECF No. 29, which challenges petitioner’s 2011 conviction for murder, robbery, and burglary. Respondent has answered. ECF No. 48. Petitioner did not file a traverse. BACKGROUND I. Proceedings in the Trial Court A. Preliminary Proceedings Petitioner and three co-defendants—Maurice Reed, Dejon Murray, and Tamika Reed— were charged in Sacramento County with first degree felony murder with special circumstances
Petitioner has been released to parole during the pendency of this case. See ECF No. 42. Accordingly, the Clerk of Court will be…