Pfeiffer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANTHONY HARRISON BAXTER, No. 2:21-cv-1268 DAD AC Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CHRISTIAN PFEIFFER, 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 original petition, ECF No. 1, which challenges petitioner’s 2018 conviction for two counts of first degree murder. Respondent has answered. ECF No. 26. Petitioner did not file a traverse. BACKGROUND I. Proceedings in the Trial Court A. Preliminary Proceedings Petitioner was charged in Shasta County with two murders and a related vehicle theft. A special circumstance of double murder was alleged. Petitioner entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity, and two psychologists were court appointed to evaluated petitioner under Cal. Penal Code § 1026. The case…