(HC) Miguel Angel Villegas v. L.W. Sullivan
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MIGUEL ANGEL VILLEGAS, Case No. 1:19-cv-00668-NONE-JDP (HC) Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO
DENY PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS
v. CORPUS AND TO DECLINE TO ISSUE A
CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY
J. W. SULLIVAN,
OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS
Respondent. ECF No. 1 16 Petitioner Miguel Angel Villegas, a state prisoner without counsel, seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. Petitioner claims: (1) that there was insufficient evidence to support his convictions; and that the trial court (2) gave erroneous jury instructions, (3)wrongfully denied his motion to bifurcate, (4) wrongfully denied his motion for a new trial, and (5) wrongfully denied his motion for juror discovery. Id. The California Court of Appeal rejected all claims on the merits in a reasoned decision, and the California Supreme Court summarily denied all claims on collateral review. For the reasons set forth below, we…