Schuyler

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 JESSE STEPHEN KING, No. 2:23-cv-2360-KJM-SCR 11 Petitioner, 12 v. ORDER AND 13 CHARLES SCHUYLER, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 Respondent. 15 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner representing himself, has filed a second amended § 2254 17 application which is before the court for preliminary review pursuant to Rule 4 of the Rules 18 Governing Habeas Corpus Cases Under Section 2254.1 ECF No. 33. Also pending before the 19 court is petitioner’s motion to appoint counsel and motion for a protective order seeking the 20 return of his legal property. ECF Nos. 34-35. 21 I. Factual and Procedural History 22 Petitioner was convicted in the San Bernardino Superior Court in 1997 of first degree 23 murder. ECF No. 33 at 1. He was sentenced to 35 years to life in prison. ECF No. 33 at 53 24 (Abstract of Judgment). 25

26 1 Before the court could examine the first amended § 2254 application docketed on January 6, 2025, petitioner filed a second…