Fischer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PASQUALE PATRICK SENATORE, No. 2:18-cv-00325 DAD AC Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS RAYTHEL FISCHER, 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 initial petition, ECF No. 1, which challenges petitioner’s 2013 conviction for rape and lewd and lascivious acts on a minor. Respondent has answered, ECF No. 13, and petitioner has filed a reply, ECF No. 15. BACKGROUND I. Proceedings in the Trial Court A. Preliminary Proceedings Petitioner was charged in El Dorado County with multiple counts of child sexual abuse. The criminal complaint was filed in 2002. For reasons that will become clear, the case did not go to trial until 2013. //// 28 B. The Evidence Presented at Trial1 1. Prosecution Case The jury was…