Lundy

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DARREN FIELDS, No. 2:24-cv-0343 WBS AC P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS LEANNA LUNDY, Warden, 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 a petition challenging petitioner’s 2021 conviction for committing lewd and lascivious acts upon a minor and related offenses. ECF No. 1. Respondent has answered, ECF No. 12. Petitioner did not file a traverse and the time for doing so has passed. BACKGROUND I. Proceedings in the Trial Court A. Preliminary Proceedings Petitioner was charged in Sacramento County with numerous sex offenses involving two minor victims. The case went to trial. //// //// B. The Evidence Presented at Trial1 The jury heard evidence of the following facts. Petitioner was a father figure to…