(HC) Moreau v. Spearman

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 PAUL LEE MOREAU, No. 2:17-cv-02439 KJN 12 Petitioner, 13 v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS 14 M.E. SPEARMAN, 15 Respondent. 16 17 I. Introduction 18 Petitioner is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with an application for a writ of 19 habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges his 2016 conviction for assault 20 with a deadly weapon, for which he was sentenced to twelve years in state prison. Petitioner 21 claims that the trial court abused its discretion by allowing the…