(HC) Deegan v. Warden, High Desert State Prison
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 SIDNEY ROSS DEEGAN, III, No. 2:17-cv-0604 MCE AC P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WARDEN, HIGH DESERT STATE
PRISON,
14 Respondent. 15 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. Currently before the court is petitioner’s motion to amend the petition. ECF No. 16. For the reasons explained below, the undersigned recommends that the motion be denied. I. Factual and Procedural Background In 2014, petitioner was convicted of threatening a judge and criminal threats, and he was sentenced to nine years in prison. ECF No. 1 at 1; ECF No. 16 at 2. A. Direct Review Petitioner appealed his conviction to the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, which affirmed the judgment on September 13, 2016. ECF No. 1 at 2; ECF No. 13-1 at 20. Petitioner then petitioned for review in the California Supreme Court, and…