Soto

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 REGINALD BLOUNT, No. 2:15-cv-1809 KJM AC Petitioner, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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J. SOTO, Warden, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a 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 the Third Amended Petition, ECF No. 18, which challenges petitioner’s December 2012 conviction for assault with a deadly weapon with two prior serious felony convictions. Respondent has answered, ECF No. 46, and petitioner has filed a memorandum in response, ECF No. 50, that the court construes as a traverse. BACKGROUND I. Proceedings In the Trial Court A. Preliminary Proceedings Petitioner was charged in Sacramento County with assault with a deadly weapon, with an enhancement for great bodily injury, and misdemeanor vandalism. The charges arose from an incident in which petitioner…