(HC) Spillers v. Hill

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JOSEPH D. SPILLERS, No. 2:19-cv-567-TLN-EFB P 12 Petitioner, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 RICK HILL, 15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel, brings an application for a writ of 18 habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner attacks the sufficiency of evidence 19 underlying a car-jacking conviction (Penal Code § 215) obtained against him in 2018 and in the 20 Sacramento County Superior Court. Respondent has filed an answer (ECF No. 21) and…