(HC) Martinez v. Johnson

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CRISTINA MARIE MARTINEZ, No. 2:16-cv-1302 MCE AC 12 Petitioner, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 DEBORAH K. JOHNSON, 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. The action proceeds on a petition which challenges 19 petitioner’s 2011 conviction for special circumstances murder, and resulting sentence of life 20 without the possibility of parole. ECF No. 1. Respondent has…