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 on the basis of a pro se petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, which challenges his 2021 conviction for committing lewd and lascivious acts upon a minor and related offenses. ECF No. 1. Respondent has answered. ECF No. 12. Counsel appeared for petitioner following the issuance of previous Findings and Recommendations (ECF Nos. 13,14), and those Findings and Recommendations were withdrawn to permit the filing of a traverse. ECF No. 17. Having considered the traverse, ECF No. 19, the undersigned submits these Findings and Recommendations. BACKGROUND I. Proceedings in the Trial Court A. Preliminary Proceedings Petitioner was charged in Sacramento County with numerous sex offenses involving two 28 …