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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 LIONEL DORIA, No. 2:20-CV-0308-JAM-DMC-P 12 Petitioner, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 SCOTT FRAUNHEIM, 15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this petition for a writ of 18 habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Pending before the Court are Petitioner’s petition 19 for a writ of habeas corpus (ECF No. 1), Respondent’s motion to dismiss (ECF No. 11), 20 Petitioner’s opposition to the motion to dismiss (ECF No. 13), Respondent’s reply to the 21 opposition (ECF No. 14), and Petitioner’s response to the reply (ECF No. 15). 22 / / / 23 / / / 24 / / / 25 / / / 26 / / / 27 / / / 28 / / / 1 I. BACKGROUND 2 The state appellate court recited the following information related to Petitioner’s 3 conviction and sentencing:

4 A jury found defendant Lionel Doria (Doria) guilty of the first degree murder of James Tobey Hiter (Hiter) in violation of Penal Code…