(HC) Thompson v. Lynch

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DEWAYNE THOMPSON, Case No. 1:24-cv-0611 JLT EPG (HC) Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING

v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS, DIRECTING THE CLERK OF

JEFF LYNCH, COURT TO CLOSE THIS CASE, AND

DECLINING TO ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF

Respondent. APPEALABILITY (Doc. 17) 17 DeWayne Thompson is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, related to a prison disciplinary proceeding that resulted in the loss of good time credits. (See Doc. 1.) Petitioner raised the following grounds for relief in his petition: (1) denial of a video, as exculpatory evidence; (2) denial of the opportunity to question an employee at the hearing; (3) finding of guilt without playing video evidence at hearing; and (4) sufficiency of the evidence. (Id. at 17-25.) The magistrate judge found…