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Case 1:20-cv-00806-NONE-HBK Document 24 Filed 12/29/21 Page 1 of

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT D. BONILLA, JR., Case No. 1:20-cv-00806-NONE-HBK Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

DENY PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

v. CORPUS AND TO DECLINE TO ISSUE

CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY1

GISELLE MATTESON,

FOURTEEN-DAY OBJECTION PERIOD

Respondent. (Doc. No. 1)

Petitioner Robert D. Bonilla, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has pending a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1). The petition raises one ground for relief: the admission of certain evidence by the prosecution’s gang expert at trial violated Petitioner’s Sixth Amendment right to confrontation. (Id. at 7-8). For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned recommends the district court deny Petitioner any relief on his petition 22 …