(HC) Rivas v. Kernan

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 JOSE RODOLFO RIVAS, No. 2:16-CV-2904 KJM AC 11 Petitioner, 12 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 13 SCOTT KERNAN, Warden, 14 Respondent. 15 16 Petitioner is a California state prisoner proceeding through counsel on an application for a 17 writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The action proceeds on a petition which 18 challenges petitioner’s 2012 conviction for aggravated mayhem, second degree robbery, assault 19 with a deadly weapon, and participation in a criminal street gang. ECF No. 1.…