Honea

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GEORGE DAVID RANKIN, No. 2:16-cv-0556 MCE AC Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS KORY L. HONEA, Respondent. 16 Petitioner proceeds pro se with an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his 2014 conviction for possession of controlled substances. See ECF No. 1 (petition). Respondent has answered the petition, ECF No. 13, and petitioner did not file a traverse. For the reasons that follow, the undersigned recommends that the petition be denied in its entirety pursuant to Stone v. Powell, 428 U.S. 465 (1976). I. BACKGROUND Petitioner was charged in Butte County Superior Court with possession of a controlled substance for sale in violation of Cal. Health & Safety Code § 11378. He moved to suppress the evidence against him, and the suppression motion was heard at the same time as the preliminary hearing. CT 114-117; RT 32-68. The facts adduced at the suppression…