Sanchez

I. INTRODUCTION

19 On February 9, 2022 Petitioner Orlando Sanchez filed a petition for Writ of Habeas 20 Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. On June 29, 2022 Respondent Neil 21 McDowell filed an answer and opposition to the petition, ECF Nos. 14 & 15, and lodged 22 the appropriate state court records, ECF No. 17. On July 22, 2022 Sanchez filed a Traverse. 23 ECF No. 21. On October 3, 2022 Magistrate Judge Karen S. Crawford issued a Report and 24 Recommendation (“R&R”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and Civil Local Rule 72.1(d), 25 recommending that the Court deny the petition. ECF No. 23. No objections were filed. 26 27 After a thorough review of the issues and for the reasons set forth below, the Court ADOPTS the Magistrate Judge’s R&R in part and DENIES the petition for writ of habeas corpus. II. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Petitioner Orlando Sanchez seeks a writ of habeas corpus challenging his conviction in the Superior Court for the County of San Diego for first degree murder with a firearm enhancement and possession of a firearm by a felon, for which Sanchez received a sentence of 53 years to life. See ECF No. 1. Sanchez…