(HC) Garcia v. The People of the State of California

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ARMANDO JOSEPH GARCIA, No. 2:15-CV-2441 MCE AC 12 Petitioner, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 WARDEN, 15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner is a California state prisoner proceeding pro se with an application for a writ of 18 habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner was convicted in 2008 of receiving stolen 19 property, and he received a 25 years to life sentence of imprisonment under California’s “three 20 strikes” law. The instant petition challenges the 2013 denial of resentencing…