Lionel Frederick Johnson, Jr. v. Ralph Diaz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 LIONEL FREDERICK JOHNSON, JR., Case No. 5:20-cv-2337-MWF (MAR) Petitioner, v. FINAL REPORT AND

RECOMMENDATION OF UNITED

RALPH DIAZ, STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE Respondent. 15 16 This Final1 Report and Recommendation is submitted to the Honorable Michael W. Fitzgerald, 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 Lionel Frederick Johnson, Jr. (“Petitioner”), with counsel, has filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody (“Petition”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (“section 2254”). ECF Docket No. (“Dkt.”) 1. The Petition includes a single ground for relief: (1) the trial court erred by denying 27 Petitioner’s motion for a new trial, and the California Court of Appeal’s rejection of this claim was contrary to…