(HC) Smith v. Clark

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LAWRENCE CHRISTOPHER SMITH, Case No. 1:21-cv-01346-JLT-EPG-HC

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION

RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF PETITION

v. FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

KEN CLARK, Respondent.

15 Petitioner Lawrence Christopher is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons discussed herein, the undersigned recommends denial of the petition for writ of habeas corpus. I. BACKGROUND Petitioner was charged with several crimes arising out of four incidents that occurred while he was an inmate at Corcoran State Prison. People v. Smith, No. F076167, 2020 WL 2520062, at *1 (Cal. Ct. App. May 18, 2020). On July 5, 2017, Petitioner was convicted by a jury in the Kern County Superior Court of three counts of obstructing/resisting an executive officer (counts 1, 3, 6); aggravated battery on a state prison officer (count 2); two counts of being 26…