(HC) Pereira v. Swarthout

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RONALD JOSEPH PEREIRA, No. 2:14-cv-00530-KJM-AC P 12 Petitioner, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 GARY SWARTHOUT, WARDEN, 15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner is a California state prisoner proceeding pro se with an application for writ of 18 habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The action proceeds on ground four of the first 19 amended petition filed on November 30, 2015, ECF No. 24, which challenges petitioner’s 2012 20 conviction and sentence for robbery, attempted carjacking, being a felon…