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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RAYMOND SANTONIO BLAIR, No. 2:16-cv-0132 JAM AC Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS JEROME PRICE, Warden, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a California state prisoner proceeding pro se with an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petition, ECF No. 1, challenges petitioner’s 2014 conviction for felony domestic violence offenses. Respondent has answered, ECF No. 21, and petitioner has filed a traverse, ECF No. 23. BACKGROUND I. Proceedings in the Trial Court A. Preliminary Proceedings Petitioner was charged in Sacramento County with (1) infliction of corporal injury on a cohabitant, with great bodily injury, (2) battery resulting in serious bodily injury, (3) false imprisonment, and (4) possession of tear gas after being convicted of a felony. CT 108-110. A

“CT” refers to the Clerk’s Transcript on Appeal, Lodged Doc. 1. prior…