Muniz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GERMAN YOVANI QUEZADA, No. 2:17-cv-0243 DAD AC Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS W.L. MUNIZ, 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 a petition that challenges petitioner’s 2012 conviction for attempted murder and related offenses. ECF No. 4 at 4-100. Respondent has answered, ECF No. 19, and petitioner filed a traverse, ECF No. 27. BACKGROUND I. Proceedings In the Trial Court A. Preliminary Proceedings Petitioner and two co-defendants, Rolando Arismendez and Juan Manuel Reyes,1 were charged in Yolo County with attempted premeditated murder, conspiracy to commit attempted

Other participants in the underlying events were initially charged, see 1 Clerk’s Transcript on Appeal (“CT”) at 1-14 (complaint filed February 21, 2012, but…