Lizarraga

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JERMAINE BARKLEY, No. 2:15-cv-0655 JAM AC Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS JOE LIZARRAGA, Warden, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a California state prisoner proceeding pro se with an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The action proceeds on the Second Amended Petition, ECF No. 19, which challenges petitioner’s 2012 conviction for rape and multiple other charges. Respondent has answered, ECF No. 32, and petitioner has filed a traverse, ECF No. 39. BACKGROUND I. Proceedings in the Trial Court A. Preliminary Proceedings Petitioner was charged in Shasta County on February 10, 2012, with the following crimes: rape; forcible oral copulation; penetration by a foreign object; assault with a firearm; battery with serious bodily injury; false imprisonment; possession of a firearm by a felon; illegal possession of //// //// ammunition;…