(HC) Linares v. Sullivan

1 ` 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ANTONIO MONTES LINARES, No. 2:17-cv-427 TLN AC P 12 Petitioner, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 W. J. SULLIVAN, 15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with an application for a writ of habeas 18 corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges his 2012 conviction for first-degree 19 murder and sentence of 50 years to life imprisonment. ECF No. 1. Respondent has filed an 20 answer and provided the state court record. ECF Nos. 15 & 16. 21 BACKGROUND 22 I.…