Madden

Case 2:18-cv-01162-JAM-KJN Document 32 Filed 12/09/20 Page 1 of

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JASON ROSS GILLEY, No. 2:18-cv-1162 JAM KJN P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS RAYMOND MADDEN, Respondent.

I. Introduction

Petitioner is a state prisoner, proceeding with1 counsel, with an application for a writ of

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges his 2013 conviction for first

degree murder. Petitioner was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, plus a

consecutive twenty-five years to life for the use of a firearm. Petitioner claims that (1) his

constitutional due process rights were violated when the police overbore his will by making

implied promises by telling him he had an “opportunity” to “help himself,” and by impliedly

threatening his family; (2) his constitutional rights to due process and a…