Lizarraga

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TAURUS A. BAKER, No. 2:19-cv-0396 KJM AC Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS JOE A. LIZARRAGA, 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 challenging petitioner’s 2012 conviction for the first degree murder and attempted robbery of one victim and the robbery of another. ECF No. 1. Respondent has answered. ECF No. 16. Petitioner did not file a traverse. BACKGROUND I. Proceedings in the Trial Court A. Preliminary Proceedings Petitioner was charged in Sacramento County in 2010 with a 2006 murder and underlying attempted robbery. 1 CT 19-21. A third count was added, charging petitioner with a 2008 27 “CT” refers to the Clerk’s Transcript on Appeal, Lodged Docs. 1-4, located at ECF No. 15-1 through 15-4. 1 …