Borla

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 HARPREET SINGH, Case No. 2:24-cv-2003-DAD-JDP (P) 12 Petitioner, 13 v. ORDER; FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

14 EDWARD BORLA, 15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner Harpreet Singh, represented by counsel, seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 18 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. He brings a single claim of instructional error, alleging that the trial 19 court erred when it failed to sua sponte instruct the jury on an essential element of the crime with 20 which he was charged. Id. at 9. Respondent has filed an answer, ECF No. 11, arguing that the 21 claim should be denied, and petitioner has filed a traverse, ECF No. 12. Petitioner has also filed a 22 motion for prompt issuance of findings and recommendations. ECF No. 13. After reviewing the 23 pleadings, I recommend that petitioner’s claim be denied. In light of the issuance of these 24 findings and recommendations, I deny petitioner’s motion for prompt issuance of the same. 25 26 27 28 1 …