Matteson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT D. BONILLA, JR., ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-0806 JLT HBK (HC) ) Petitioner, ) ORDER ADOPTING THE FINDINGS AND ) RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING PETITION v. ) FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, DIRECTING ) CLERK OF COURT TO CLOSE CASE, AND GISELLE MATTESON, ) DECLINING TO ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF ) APPEALABILITY Respondent. ) ) (Doc. 24) )

Robert D. Bonilla, Jr. is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. 1.) Petitioner was convicted, by a jury, of battery causing serious bodily injury and assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury. (Id. at 11; Doc. 15 at 6.) The jury also determined the offenses were “committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a criminal street gang.” (Id. at 8; see also Doc. 15 at 6.) Petitioner asserts the admission of certain evidence by the prosecution’s gang…