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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GERALD BRENT HARRIS, No. 1:19-cv-01203-JLT-SAB-HC Petitioner, ORDER DECLINING TO ADOPTING

SUPPLEMENTAL FINDINGS AND

v. RECOMMENDATIONS; DENYING

REMAINING CLAIM BROUGHT

SCOTT FRAUENHEIM, PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 2254;

GRANTING CERTIFICATE OF

Respondent. APPEALABILITY RE SAME (Doc. 49) 17 INTRODUCTION Gerald Brent Harris brings this petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, seeking relief from his state second-degree murder conviction, associated personal gun use enhancement finding, and resulting lengthy sentence. (Doc. 1.) In prior orders, the Court has denied all but one of the claims in the petition. (See Doc. 40.) Petitioner’s remaining § 2254 claim alleges that his state trial counsel, Ms. Singh, provided constitutionally defective representation by failing to file a notice of appeal after the state court denied Petitioner’s motion to strike a…