Diaz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KAI WALTER WILLIAMS, ) Case No.: 1:18-cv-01362-AWI-JLT (HC) ) Petitioner, ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION TO ) DENY PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS v. ) CORPUS ) RALPH DIAZ, Acting Secretary, ) [TWENTY-ONE DAY OBJECTION DEADLINE] Respondent. ) ) )

Petitioner is currently in state prison serving a sentence of 59 years and 4 months for his conviction for two counts of assaulting a peace officer with a firearm, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and carrying a loaded firearm as an active gang participant. He filed the instant habeas petition challenging the conviction. As discussed below, the Court finds the claims to be without merit and recommends the petition be DENIED. I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY On June 13, 2014, a Kern County jury found Petitioner guilty of assaulting a peace officer with a firearm in counts 3 and 4 (Cal. Penal Code § 245, subd. (d)(1)); being a felon in possession of a…