(HC) Morehouse v. Warden

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 JODY MOREHOUSE, Case No. 1:25-cv-00670-KES-SAB-HC 11 Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF PETITION 12 v. FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AND DENIAL OF PETITIONER’S MOTION TO 13 WARDEN, STAY 14 Respondent. (ECF No. 20) 15 16 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus 17 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 18 I. 19 BACKGROUND1 20 In 2016, defendant was arrested and charged in connection with a carjacking.2 In 2017, the parties waived a jury trial and the…