Prudhel

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEFF LAMONTE SIGLER, No. 2:24-cv-1840 DJC AC Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS JOSH PRUDHEL, 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 petitioners’ 2022 conviction for assault with a deadly weapon and dissuading a witness. ECF No. 1. Respondent has answered, ECF No. 12, and petitioner has filed a traverse, ECF No. 14. BACKGROUND I. Proceedings in the Trial Court A. Preliminary Proceedings Petitioner was charged in San Joaquin County with assault with a deadly weapon in violation of Cal. Penal Code § 245(a)(1) and dissuading a witness from prosecuting a crime in violation of Cal. Penal Code § 136.1(b)(2). In relation to the assault charge, it was alleged that petitioner inflicted great bodily injury under…