Cisneros

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SALVADOR ALEXANDER CASTRO, Case No. 2:22-cv-00201-TLN-JDP (HC) Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

THAT THE AMENDED PETITION FOR

v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS BE DENIED

AND THAT PETITIONER’S MOTION FOR

T. CISNEROS, DEFAULT JUDGMENT BE DENIED AS

MOOT

Respondent.

OBJECTIONS DUE IN FOURTEEN DAYS

16 ECF No. 9 17 Petitioner Salvador Alexander Castro seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 9. His lone claim is that the trial court erred in refusing his request for two jury instructions, for self-defense and imperfect self-defense. Id. at 7. Respondent has answered the petition, ECF No. 16, and petitioner has declined to file a traverse. For the reasons stated below, I recommend that the petition be denied. In so recommending, I also recommend that petitioner’s motion for default judgment, ECF No. 18, be denied. Background Petitioner was convicted…