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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMIE GOMEZ, No. 1:18-cv-01425-NONE-HBK (HC) Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DENYING

v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS, REQUEST FOR EVIDENTIARY

SCOTT KERNANA, HEARING, AND REQUEST FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

Respondent. (Doc. Nos. 1, 23) 16 Petitioner Jamie Gomez is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel on his petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In January 2015, petitioner was sentenced in the Kern County Superior Court to 22 years and eight months of imprisonment following his convictions for carjacking, second degree robbery, false imprisonment, making a criminal threat, reckless evasion of a peace officer, and resisting a peace officer following a jury trial. (Doc. Nos. 12-1; 12-2 at 1.) After petitioner unsuccessfully sought habeas relief from the California Court of Appeal and California Supreme Court, petitioner sought…