Schuyler

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ARLONZO JACKSON BANKS, No. 2:21-cv-00843-DAD-SCR (HC) Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING

v. PETITION FOR FEDERAL HABEAS

RELIEF, AND DECLINING TO ISSUE A

CHARLES SCHUYLER, CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY Respondents. (Doc. Nos. 1, 21.) 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding through counsel, 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 June 14, 2023, the then-assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that the petition be denied on the merits. (Doc. No. 21.) Specifically, in the detailed findings and recommendations the magistrate judge examined each of petitioner’s seven claims for federal habeas relief and concluded that, under the standard of review applicable under 28 U.S.C. §…