Kernan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PEDRO BATLE MANANQUIL, No. 2:18-cv-0252 AC P Petitioner, v. ORDER SCOTT KERNAN, Warden, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a former California state prisoner proceeding pro se with an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges his 2015 conviction for making a criminal threat. ECF No. 1. Respondent has filed an answer and provided the state court record. ECF No. 8 (and attachments). Petitioner filed a traverse. ECF No. 9. The parties consented to the jurisdiction of the undersigned magistrate judge. ECF Nos. 6, 7. BACKGROUND I. Proceedings In the Trial Court A. Preliminary Proceedings An amended information charged petitioner Pedro Batle Mananquil with making criminal threats, disobeying a court order, and assault with a deadly weapon. //// 28 B. The Evidence Presented at Trial1 The charges in this case stemmed…