(HC)Ponce

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TONY E. PONCE, ) Case No.: 1:21-cv-01727-KES-HBK (HC) ) Petitioner, ) ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND ) RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING PETITION v. ) FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, ) DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO CLOSE CHRISTIAN PFEIFFER, ) CASE, AND DECLINING TO ISSUE ) CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY Respondent. ) ) (Docs. 12, 30) ) Petitioner Tony E. Ponce is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Docs. 1, 2, 12. 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 February 24, 2025, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that the petition for writ of habeas corpus be denied as without merit. Doc. 30. Those findings and recommendations were served upon all parties and contained notice that any…