(HC) Watkins v. Tuolumne County Superior Court

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RAYMOND CHAD WATKINS, No. 1:25-cv-00273 JLT EPG (HC) 12 Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING

13 v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS WITHOUT PREJUDICE, DENYING

14 TUOLUMNE COUNTY SUPERIOR PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ADA

COURT, ADVOCATE, DIRECTING CLERK OF

15 COURT TO CLOSE CASE, AND Respondent. DECLINING TO ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF 16 APPEALABILITY 17 (Docs. 5, 7) 18 Raymond Chad Watkins is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of 19 habeas corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. This matter was referred to a United States 20 Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. 21 On March 20, 2025, the magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations to dismiss 22 the petition for writ of habeas corpus without prejudice based on Younger v. Harris, 401…