(HC) Barnes v. Starks Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANTOINE DESHAWN BARNES, No. 2:25-cv-01129-DC-CSK (HC) Petitioner, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING
STARKS COMPANY, THIS ACTION Respondent. (Doc. No. 4) 16 Petitioner Antoine Deshawn Barnes is a county jail inmate proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a petition for 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 May 1, 2025, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that this action be summarily dismissed because Petitioner “fails to state a cognizable federal habeas claim;” rather, Petitioner seeks to sue the “Starks Company ‘Johnny Depp’” for $800 trillion. (Doc. No. 4 at 2.) Because the petition in this action “does not raise any issues concerning the conditions of his confinement in the Amador County…