(HC) Ramirez v. Pfeiffer

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RICHARD RAMIREZ, No. 2:17-cv-00619 TLN KJN 12 Petitioner, 13 v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS 14 CHRISTIAN PFEIFFER, Warden, 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 2011 convictions for 20 second degree murder with use of a firearm and being a felon in possession of a firearm. 21 Petitioner was sentenced to forty years-to-life in state…