Roberson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DEMARIA C. HARGE, No. 1:20-cv-01255-NONE-SKO (HC) Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION

TO DENY PETITION FOR WRIT OF

v. HABEAS CORPUS JIM ROBERSON, Warden, [THIRTY DAY OBJECTION DEADLINE] Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. This matter was referred to the undersigned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On July 13, 2020, Petitioner filed the instant habeas petition challenging a Stanislaus County Superior Court conviction for murder, murder of a fetus, vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, evading a peace officer causing death, and driving under the influence causing injury. The convictions arose out of a traffic collision that resulted in the death of one of Petitioner’s passengers and her unborn fetus, and injury to another passenger. As discussed below,…