(HC) Singh v. California State

1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 BALWINDER SINGH, Case No. 1:23-cv-01589-NODJ-SAB-HC 10 Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF PETITION 11 v. FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS 12 CALIFORNIA STATE, 13 Respondent. 14 15 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus 16 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 17 I. 18 BACKGROUND 19 On April 16, 2021, Petitioner was convicted after a jury trial in the Tulare County 20 Superior Court of attempted voluntary manslaughter. The jury found true the special…