(HC) Vasquez v. People of the State of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FRANK VASQUEZ, Case No. 1:19-cv-01063-JDP Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO
DENY PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS
v. CORPUS AND TO DECLINE TO ISSUE A
CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, OBJECTIONS DUE IN THIRTY DAYS
15 Respondent. ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST FOR IN-CAMERA REVIEW
ECF No. 1 18 19 Petitioner Frank Vasquez, a state prisoner without counsel, petitioned for a writ of habeas 20 corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. Petitioner claims that: (1) his waiver of counsel was 21 involuntary and (2) the trial court erred when it failed to provide certain jury instructions. ECF 22 No. 1 at 5-8. The petition also contains a request that this court conduct an in-camera review of 23 certain sealed documents and a sealed transcript for the purpose of determining whether the trial 24 court improperly withheld evidence from…