Benavidez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES JOSEPH PULIZZANO, No. 2:21-cv-0503 WBS CKD P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS JENNIFER BENAVIDEZ, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a California prisoner proceeding pro se with an amended petition for writ of habeas corpus (ECF No. 24) under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Claim 2 in the amended petition has already been denied. ECF No. 31. For the reasons which follow, the court recommends that claims 1 and 3 be denied as well and that this case be closed. I. Background Following a Tehama County jury trial which ended on May 17, 2016, petitioner was convicted of multiple offenses including attempted murder. He is serving a sentence of 22 years imprisonment. ECF 35-15. On direct appeal, the California Court of Appeal summarized the evidence presented at trial as follows: In October 2015, Shelly N. was renting a house in Tehama County. Shelly’s adult son, Timothy T., and two of Shelly’s friends, Theresa 27…