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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JUAN CARLOS MEDINA, No. 2:16-cv-02859-DB Petitioner, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS &

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RON DAVIS, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding through counsel with a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges his 2013 conviction imposed by the Butte County Superior Court for second degree murder. This matter proceeds on petitioner’s four claims for violations of his due process rights and ineffective assistance of counsel. (ECF No. 1.) Respondent filed an answer (ECF No. 13), and petitioner filed a traverse (ECF No. 18). BACKGROUND I. Facts Established at Trial The California Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District provided the following summary of the relevant evidence presented at trial:

In June 2006, about two weeks before the killing, defendant began a vehicle chase, chasing driver Kristin Garcia…