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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMIE GOMEZ, Case No. 1:18-cv-01425-NONE-JDP Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

DENY PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS

v. CORPUS AND TO DECLINE TO ISSUE A

CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

SCOTT KERNANA,

OBJECTIONS DUE IN THIRTY DAYS

Respondent. ECF No. 1

ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S

MOTIONS FOR AN EVIDENTIARY

HEARING AND APPOINTMENT OF

COUNSEL ECF No. 1 20 Petitioner Jamie Gomez, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel, seeks a writ of 21 habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. Petitioner claims that the trial court violated 22 his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation. ECF No. 1 at 5. Respondent argues that the petition 23 is untimely, or, in the alternative, that the state court’s rejection of petitioner’s claim was not 24 unreasonable. ECF No. 20. For the reasons set forth below, we recommend that the court…