(HC) Messer v. Montgomery

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JOSEPH RAY MESSER, No. 2:22-cv-01900-KJM-EFB (HC) 12 Petitioner, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 W.L. MONTGOMERY, Warden 15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this petition for a writ of 18 habeas corpus. 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He challenges his convictions in the Superior Court of El 19 Dorado County for making criminal threats and disobeying a court order, and the sentence he 20 received. ECF No. 1. Petitioner alleges that there was insufficient evidence…