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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MORGAN RAYMOND AST, Case No. 2:21-cv-01195-KJM-JDP (HC) Petitioner, ORDER: v. (1) DENYING PETITIONER’S MOTIONS TO

APPOINT COUNSEL

PATRICK COVELLO, (2) DEEMING THE MOTION TO STAY Respondent. WITHDRAWN (3) GRANTING THE MOTION TO AMEND (4) SUBMITTING THE FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AT ECF NO. 19 TO

THE DISTRICT JUDGE ECF Nos. 19, 24, 25, 27, & 28 20 The petition at bar makes three claims: (1) that the trial court erred in giving the jury an ambiguous instruction as to what constituted great bodily injury; (2) that the trial court erred in declining to stay petitioner’s convictions for making criminal threats and violating a domestic violence restraining order; and (3) that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to object to or request a clarifying order for…