Lizarraga

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ADRIAN LORENZANA, No. 2:18-cv-2535 WBS CKD P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS JOE A. LIZARRAGA, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a California prisoner proceeding with counsel with a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On February 13, 2015, petitioner was convicted by a jury in the Superior Court of Solano County of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, battery with serious injury, criminal threats and 1st degree burglary. ECF No. 11-1 at 321-324. On June 19, 2015, petitioner was sentenced to a total of 59 years and 8 months-to-life imprisonment. Id. On direct appeal, the California Court of Appeal ordered that petitioner’s aggregate sentence be reduced to 55 years-to-life. ECF No. 11-9 at 15- 19. Here, petitioner argues that his Constitutional rights were violated when the trial court refused to excuse a juror who, according to…