Matteson

Case 2:20-cv-00643-WBS-KJN Document 12 Filed 02/15/22 Page 1 of

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ARTHUR INPRASIT aka ARTHUR NOP No. 2:20-cv-00643 WBS KJN P

LEW,

12 Petitioner, FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS v.

GISELLE MATTESON,

15 Respondent.

I. Introduction

Petitioner is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with an application for a writ of

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges his August 23, 2016,

conviction for assault with a deadly weapon. (ECF No. 10-3 at 143-44, 146.) On October 6,

2016, petitioner was sentenced to 14 years in state prison. (Id. at 207-08.) Petitioner makes six

claims in his habeas petition: (1) there was insufficient evidence to convict; (2) the state appellate

court improperly upheld a “verdict” not rendered by the jury; (3) a due process violation and

ineffective assistance of counsel based on defendant’s lack of knowledge that his conviction

would…