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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 MELVIN DERELL BALDWIN-GREEN, No. 2:20-cv-1329-DAD-SCR Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS PATRICK COVELLO, Respondent. 15 Petitioner is a state prisoner representing himself in this habeas corpus action filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges his 2016 conviction from Shasta County Superior Court on numerous felony counts for sex trafficking seven different victims, including minors. Upon consideration of the record and the applicable law, the undersigned recommends denying petitioner’s habeas corpus application on the merits. I. Factual and Procedural History Petitioner does not contest the state courts’ recitation of facts nor the sufficiency of the evidence supporting any of the counts for which he was convicted. Therefore, the undersigned presumes that the California Court of Appeal’s summary of the evidence is accurate and reproduces it here.1 Crimes Committed…