Michael Alex Gonzales v. The People of the State of California

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10

11 MICHAEL ALEX GONZALES, ) Case No.: 1:25-cv-0225 JLT EPG ) 12 Petitioner, ) ORDER ADOPTING IN FULL THE FINDINGS ) AND RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING THE 13 v. ) PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, ) AND DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO 14 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ) CLOSE THE CASE

CALIFORNIA, )

15 ) ORDER DECLINING TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE Respondent. ) OF APPEALABILITY 16 ) ) (Doc. 9) 17 )

18 Michael Alex Gonzales is a state prisoner proceeding with a petition for writ of habeas corpus 19 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, raising the following grounds: (1) instructional error, in violation of due 20 process and Petitioner’s right to present a complete defense; and (2) insufficiency of the evidence to 21 justify conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm. (Doc. 1.) 22 The magistrate judge found the state court’s denials of Plaintiff’s claims were “not…