Peery

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSEPH VINCENT WARD, No. 2:21-cv-02220-DAD-CSK (HC) Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING

v. PETITION FOR FEDERAL HABEAS RELIEF

AND DECLINING TO ISSUE A

SUZANNE M. PEERY, CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY Respondent. (Doc. Nos. 1, 39, 41, 42) 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On March 19, 2024, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that the pending petition for federal habeas relief be denied on the merits. (Doc. No. 39). Specifically, the magistrate judge concluded that the state appellate court’s determination that the evidence presented at petitioner’s competency trial was sufficient to support the jury’s finding that…