Asuncion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRUCE ARMSTRONG, Case No. 1:15-cv-01109-DAD-JDP Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

TO DENY AMENDED PETITION FOR A

v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS DEBBIE ASUNCION, OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN FOURTEEN

DAYS

Respondent. ECF No. 17

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

EVIDENTIARY HEARING ECF No. 30

Petitioner Bruce Armstrong, a state prisoner with counsel, seeks a writ of habeas corpus

under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 17. Petitioner claims constitutional violations arising from

ineffective assistance of counsel, prosecutorial misconduct, juror bias, wrongful denial of an

evidentiary hearing, improper exclusion of credibility testimony, and cumulative error. Id.

Respondent argues that the state trial…