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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN ANTHONY BUNCH, No. 2:21-cv-01209-DAD-KJN (HC) Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

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v. PETITION FOR HABEAS RELIEF D. SAMUELS, (Doc. Nos. 1, 23) Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges his 2017 convictions for murder during the special circumstance of an attempted robbery and possession of a firearm by a felon which were entered in the Sacramento County Superior Court. In his petition for federal habeas relief, petitioner asserts the following claims: (1) there was insufficient evidence to support his murder conviction; (2) there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction for the firearm possession offense; (3) the trial court violated his right to due process in denying his motion brought pursuant to People v. Marsden, 2 Cal. 3d 118…