McDowell

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSEPH ANTHONY WRIGHT, No. 2:18-cv-03227 TLN GGH P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS NEIL MCDOWELL, et al., Respondents. 16 Introduction Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The matter was referred to the United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Local Rule 302(c). Petitioner challenges a 2015 conviction entered against him in the Shasta County Superior Court. ECF No. 1. Respondent has filed an answer, and petitioner a traverse. ECF Nos. 12, 18. After independent review of the record, and application of the applicable law, this court recommends denial of petitioner’s application for habeas relief. Procedural Background On April 17, 2015, petitioner was convicted by jury of four counts of assault with a deadly weapon (Cal. Pen. Code § 245(a)(2)), one count of carrying a loaded firearm by…