(HC)Lawless
(HC)Lawless v. Cates
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
KRISTOPHER WILLIAM LAWLESS, Case No. 1:22-cv-00523-JLT-EPG-HC
Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION
RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF PETITION
v. FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
BRIAN CATES, Respondent.
16 Petitioner Kristopher William Lawless is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons discussed herein, the undersigned recommends denial of the petition for writ of habeas corpus. I. BACKGROUND On January 13, 2017, Petitioner was convicted by a jury in the Kern County Superior Court of, inter alia, child endangerment. On February 16, 2017, Petitioner was sentenced to twelve years for the child endangerment conviction plus a consecutive five-year term for a prior serious felony conviction enhancement, for a total imprisonment term of seventeen years. (LD1 1.) On February 13, 2019, the California Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District…