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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL EUGENE ADDSON, No. 2:19-cv-0847 KJM CKD P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS JENNIFER BENAVIDEZ,1 Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On September 15, 2015, petitioner pled no contest in the Superior Court of Sacramento County to four counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On September 18, 2015, also in the Superior Court of Sacramento County, petitioner was found guilty by a jury of first-degree murder, attempted second degree robbery, and five counts of second-degree robbery. Petitioner was sentenced for all convictions, but at this point, the operative sentence is a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole which was imposed on petitioner’s conviction for first degree murder. Petitioner presents three claims in his amended petition. For reasons…