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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL ALLEN YOCOM, Case No. 1:21-cv-00187-JLT-HBK (HC) Petitioner, ORDER DIRECTING SUPPLEMENTAL

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KATHLEEN ALLISON, Respondent. 16 17 18 Petitioner Michael Allen Yocom, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has pending a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1, “Petition”). In response, Respondent filed an answer. (Doc. No. 45). Petitioner challenges his 2018 conviction and 40-years to life sentence for, inter alia, attempted murder, entered by the Tulare Superior Court. (Doc. No. 1). The Petition raises two grounds for relief: (1) the conviction “lacks foundation” because the “Tulare County District Attorney failed to present the Police to testify to the investigation of the case itself, interviewing of witnesses, evidence gathering and handling, and probable cause to seize Petitioner for any crime”; and (2) ineffective assistance of counsel for similarly failing to “compel the police to…