Neuschmid

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALEX BRUNO, No. 2:19-cv-00934 DAD AC Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS R. NEUSCHMID, 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 a petition which challenges petitioner’s 2015 conviction for two counts of attempted murder. ECF No. 1. All four claims allege the ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. Respondent has answered, ECF No. 12, and petitioner has filed a traverse, ECF No. 18. BACKGROUND I. Proceedings in the Trial Court A. Preliminary Proceedings By an information filed in Sacramento County Superior Court on March 15, 2013, petitioner was charged with two separate counts of attempted murder (Cal. Penal Code §§ 664 & 187(a)) both occurring on September 21. As to each count it was further alleged that…