Lizarraga

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MILORAD OLIC, No. 2:17-cv-00156 KJM AC P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS JOE A. LIZARRAGA, Warden, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a California state prisoner proceeding pro se with an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The action proceeds on the petition filed on January 23, 2017, ECF No. 1, which challenges a 2014 prison disciplinary finding. Respondent has answered, ECF No. 25, and petitioner has filed a traverse, ECF No. 28. I. Background Petitioner is serving an indeterminate life sentence for murder. The petition filed in this court challenges not petitioner’s conviction, but a disciplinary finding that he violated prison rules by refusing a cellmate. ECF No. 1 at 1, 7. Petitioner was assessed 90 days of behavior credits. Id. at 12. He contends that the finding of guilt and resulting credit loss are invalid on the grounds that (1) he was not guilty,…