(HC) Brownlee v. Hill

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 BENJAMIN JUSTIN BROWNLEE, No. 2:19-cv-02524 DJC AC 12 Petitioner, 13 v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 JAMES HILL,1 15 Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a California state prisoner proceeding pro se with an application for a writ of 17 habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petition challenges petitioner’s 2017 conviction 18 for first degree murder and related offenses. ECF No. 1. Respondent has answered, ECF No. 13, 19 and petitioner did not file a traverse. 20 BACKGROUND 21 I.…