Sexton
(HC) Gonzalez v. Sexton
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LUIS MIGUEL GONZALEZ, Case No. 1:18-cv-00039-DAD-HBK Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO
DENY PETITIONER RELIEF ON HIS
v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS
CORPUS1
MICHAEL SEXTON,
FOURTEEN-DAY OBJECTION PERIOD
Respondent. (Doc. No. 41) 16 Before the Court is Petitioner Luis Miguel Gonzalez’s counseled amended petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody. (Doc. No. 41). Respondent filed an answer to the amended petition on December 9, 2020 (Doc. No. 51) and Petitioner filed a reply on February 22, 2021 (Doc. No. 54). The amended petition raises one claim of trial court error stemming from the trial courts dismissal of a juror and three claims of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, as more fully discussed infra. For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned recommends the Court deny Petitioner any relief on his petition, as amended, and decline to issue a…