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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIE ERVIN CHADWICK, No. 2:20-cv-01264 WBS GGH Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS RICK HILL, Warden Respondent. 16 17 Introduction and Summary Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The matter was referred to the United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Local Rule 302(c). Petitioner was convicted, inter alia, of assault likely to inflict great bodily injury, and the infliction of great bodily injury. The victim was a distraught mother of petitioner’s ex- girlfriend—distraught because she believed petitioner had inflicted injury on her daughter. Petitioner mounted a self-defense theory at trial. However, once his counsel scored a “victory” in securing a jury instruction that presumed one was acting in self-defense in confronting an intruder who had forcefully/violently entered that resident’s…