(HC) Blair v. Price

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RAYMOND SANTONIO BLAIR, No. 2:16-cv-0132 JAM AC 12 Petitioner, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 JEROME PRICE, 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 petition, ECF No. 1, challenges petitioner’s 19 2014 conviction for felony domestic violence offenses. Respondent has answered, ECF No. 21, 20 and petitioner has filed a traverse, ECF No. 23. 21 BACKGROUND 22 I.…