Scott

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ELLIS BERNARD SCOTT, Case No.: 22-cv-01101-RSH-JLB

Petitioner,

REPORT AND

v. RECOMMENDATION RE:

PETITION FOR

B. CATES, et al.,

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

Respondents. [ECF No. 1]

17 Petitioner Ellis Bernard Scott (“Petitioner”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (“Petition”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (ECF No. 1.) Petitioner challenges his 2018 conviction in San Diego Superior Court for assault with a deadly weapon. (Id. at 1; ECF No. 13-1 at 211.) This Report and Recommendation is submitted to the Honorable Robert S. Huie, United States District Judge, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Local Civil Rule 72.1(d). For the reasons set forth below, the Court RECOMMENDS that the Petition be DENIED. I. BACKGROUND A. Procedural Background On March 9, 2018, a San Diego Superior Court jury found Petitioner guilty of assault with a…