Sullivan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RELMON H. DAVIS, III, Case No. 1:20-cv-01270-KES-HBK (HC) Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

DENY PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

v. CORPUS AND DECLINE TO ISSUE

CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

W.J. SULLIVAN,

FOURTEEN-DAY OBJECTION PERIOD

Respondent.

16 17 I. STATUS Petitioner Relmon H. Davis, III (“Petitioner” or “Davis”), a state prisoner, is proceeding pro se on his Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed under 28 U. S.C. § 2254 on September 8, 2020. (Doc. No. 1, “Petition”). Petitioner challenges his conviction following a jury trial for one count of being an inmate in possession of a weapon in violation of Penal Code § 4502(a) with additional findings that he had two prior strike convictions and served two prior prison terms for felony convictions. (Case No. 15CMS-7004). (Doc. No. 17-14 at 2; see Doc. No. 17-1 at 159, Doc. No. 17-2 at 66-69). The Kings County Superior Court sentenced Petitioner to…