(HC) McCarty v. Kernan

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 KENNETH McCARTY, No. 2:19-cv-00223 TLN KJN 12 Petitioner, 13 v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS 14 SCOTT KERNAN, 15 Respondent. 16 17 I. Introduction 18 Petitioner is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with an application for a writ of 19 habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges his 2014 convictions for 20 domestic violence with a great bodily injury enhancement and vandalism. Petitioner was 21 sentenced to thirty-nine (39) years in state prison. Petitioner claims the…