(HC) Deegan v. Warden, High Desert State Prison
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SIDNEY ROSS DEEGAN, III, No. 2:17-cv-0604 MCE AC P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WARDEN, HIGH DESERT STATE
PRISON,
15 Respondent.
17 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. The action proceeds on a petition which challenges petitioner’s 2014 conviction for threatening a judge and criminal threats. ECF No. 1. Respondent has answered. ECF No. 13. Petitioner did not file a traverse. BACKGROUND I. Proceedings In the Trial Court A. Preliminary Proceedings In July 2014 petitioner was arrested for a parole violation. CT 1-10. An amended information charged him with threatening a judge and criminal threats. CST II 44-47. The 27 “CT” refers to the Clerk’s Transcript on Appeal, Lodged Doc. 1. “CST” refers to the Supplemental Clerk’s Transcript on Appeal, Lodged Doc. 2. 1 …