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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 AARON ANTHONY VRH Case No. 1:20-cv-00581-JLT-CDB (HC)

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION

TO DENY PETITION FOR WRIT OF

v. HABEAS CORPUS AND DECLINE TO

ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF

GENA JONES, APPEALABILITY1

Respondent. 14-DAY DEADLINE

(Doc. 34)

On March 23, 2022, Petitioner Aaron Anthony Vrh (“Petitioner”), a state prisoner proceeding through counsel, filed a Third Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus alleging two grounds for relief (“Petition”). (Doc. 34). For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned recommends that the district court deny the Petition and decline to issue a certificate of appealability. I. PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND A jury in the Stanislaus County Superior Court convicted Petitioner of unlawful sexual penetration and assault with intent to commit mayhem. (Doc. 41-2 at 1; see Doc. 54-2 at 231- 26 27 1 This matter…