(HC) Drake v. Gastelo

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 GASPAR DRAKE, Case No. 1:18-cv-00523-NONE-JDP 12 Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO DENY PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS 13 v. AND TO DECLINE TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY 14 J. GASTELO, OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN THIRTY DAYS 15 Respondent. ECF No. 1 16 17 18 Petitioner Gaspar Drake, a state prisoner without counsel, seeks a writ of habeas corpus 19 under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. Petitioner claims that the trial court improperly excluded 20 the testimony of two witnesses necessary to his…