(HC) Yushchuk v. Neuschmid

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ANDREY YUSHCHUK, No. 2:20-cv-2137 KJM AC P 12 Petitioner, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 ROBERT NEUSCHMID, 15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus 18 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The action proceeds on a petition challenging petitioner’s 2016 19 conviction for second degree murder. ECF No. 1. Respondent has answered. ECF No. 16. 20 Petitioner did not file a traverse. 21 BACKGROUND 22 I. Proceedings in the Trial Court 23 A.…