(HC) Iseli v. People of the State of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 10 BRANDEN WILLIE ISELI, No. 2:22-cv-01483-TLN-EFB (HC) 11 Petitioner, 12 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 13 JEFF LYNCH, Warden, 14 Respondent. 15 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this petition for a writ of habeas corpus. 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He challenges his convictions in the Superior Court of San Joaquin County for murder and attempted murder. ECF No. 1 at 1. Petitioner alleges that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction. Id. at 3, 6-7. In addition, although he does not state it as one of his grounds for relief in his Petition, petitioner appears to raise an argument regarding testimony about a knife found in his bedroom. ECF No. 1 at 3. For the reasons that follow, the petition must be denied. ///// ///// ///// ///// ///// ///// 1 The facts, as relayed by the California Court of Appeal1, are:

Defendant Branden Willie Iseli attacked his great-uncle and great-grandfather with 3 a knife, killing his great-uncle and inflicting…