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Case 2:16-cv-00654-KJM-DB Document 20 Filed 11/19/20 Page 1 of

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GENARO BRANDELL PATTERSON, No. 2:16-cv-0654 DB P Petitioner, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

ROBERT BURTON,1 Respondent.

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding through counsel with a petition for a writ of

habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges his convictions imposed by the

Sacramento County Superior Court in 2013 for pimping.2 Petitioner alleges ineffective assistance

of trial and appellate counsel. For the reasons set forth below, this court will recommend the

petition be denied.

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23 1After he filed his habeas petition, petitioner was transferred to the California Health Care Facility (“CHCF”). (See ECF No. 18.) Accordingly, CHCF warden Robert Burton is substituted for the prior respondent, Elvin Valenzuela, the warden of…