Michael Dunn v. Montgomery

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 MICHAEL DUNN, Case No. 2:21-cv-2103-CJC (MAR) Petitioner, v. FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF UNITED

MONTGOMERY, STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

14 Respondent.

16 17 This Final1 Report and Recommendation is submitted to the Honorable Cormac J. Carney, United States District Judge, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636 and General Order 05-07 of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. I. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATION Petitioner Michael Dunn (“Petitioner”) has filed a pro se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody (“Petition”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (“section 2254”), challenging his 2015 state conviction for second-degree 27 murder. ECF Docket No. (“Dkt.”) 1. Petitioner asserts multiple claims of instructional error and challenges the exclusion of evidence. Because Petitioner’s claims fail on their…