(HC) Watkins v. Tuolumne County Superior Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RAYMOND CHAD WATKINS, No. 1:25-cv-00273 JLT EPG (HC) Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING

v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS WITHOUT PREJUDICE, DENYING

TUOLUMNE COUNTY SUPERIOR PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ADA

COURT, ADVOCATE, DIRECTING CLERK OF

COURT TO CLOSE CASE, AND Respondent. DECLINING TO ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY (Docs. 5, 7) Raymond Chad Watkins is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. This 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 20, 2025, the magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations to dismiss the petition for writ of habeas corpus without prejudice based on Younger v. Harris, 401…