(HC) Quinonez v. On Habeas Corpus

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ISAIAH QUINONEZ, Case No. 1:21-cv-01163-ADA-SAB-HC

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION

RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF FIRST

v. AMENDED PETITION FOR WRIT OF

HABEAS CORPUS

ON HABEAS CORPUS, (ECF No. 8) Respondent.

14 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. I. BACKGROUND On April 13, 2018, Petitioner was convicted after a jury trial in the Merced County Superior Court of robbery and assault with a semiautomatic firearm. The jury also found true the special allegations that Petitioner personally discharged a firearm causing great bodily injury. (CT1 184–87.) The trial court sentenced Petitioner to an indeterminate imprisonment term of thirty years to life and imposed $10,140 in fines and fees. (CT 204, 207, 210–13.) On July 29, 2020, the California Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District affirmed the judgment. People v. 25 …