(HC) Harrell v. Lopez

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JOSHUA NEIL HARRELL, No. 21-cv-1227 TLN KJN P 12 Petitioner, 13 v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS 14 FRANK LOPEZ, 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 August 2018 conviction 20 for three felony counts of fraudulent possession of the personal identifying information of another 21 after having been previously convicted of the same crime (

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