Gastelo

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AMADO RAMIREZ ORTIZ, Case No. 1:21-cv-00198-AWI-EPG-HC

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION

RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF PETITION

v. FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

JOSIE GASTELO, ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S

REQUEST FOR APPOINTMENT OF

Respondent. COUNSEL

(ECF No. 16)

15 Petitioner Amado Ramirez Ortiz is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In the petition, Petitioner asserts that trial and appellate counsel were ineffective, the evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict, and Petitioner was unlawfully sentenced to an aggravated prison term. For the reasons discussed herein, the undersigned recommends denial of the petition for writ of habeas corpus. I. BACKGROUND On April 24, 2019, Petitioner was convicted by a jury in the Madera County Superior Court of three counts of…