Madden

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BARRY SLADE, No. 2:21-cv-00464 KJM KJN P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS RAYMOND MADDEN, Respondent. 16 I. Introduction Petitioner is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges his March 7, 2019 conviction for kidnapping, reckless evading, evading against traffic, spousal battery, child endangerment, failure to stop, and contempt of court for violating a domestic violence protective order. Petitioner was sentenced to 16 years and eight months in state prison. Petitioner argues that there was insufficient evidence for the kidnapping conviction. (ECF No. 1.) After careful review of 24 1 Petitioner attached a portion of his opening appellate brief to his habeas petition. His opening 25 appellate brief included a second claim—that the trial court erred in failing to stay sentence for evading traffic under Penal…