Jesus Gutierrez, Jr. v. Sircoya M. Williams; Christopher Vanning Johnson v. Raul Morales

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JESUS GUTIERREZ, Jr., Case No. 2:23-cv-0712-KJM-JDP (P) 12 Petitioner, 13 v. 14 SIRCOYA M. WILLIAMS, 15 Respondent. 16 17 CHRISTOPHER VANNING JOHNSON, Case No. 2:23-cv-0920-KJM-JDP (P) 18 Petitioner, 19 v. 20 RAUL MORALES, ORDER 21 Respondent. 22 23 Petitioners, former codefendants convicted in state court of second-degree murder, have 24 both filed petitions for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the related cases captioned 25 above. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge as provided by 28 U.S.C. 26 § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. 27 On July 29, 2025, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations, which were 28 served on all parties and which contained notice to all parties that any objections to the findings 1 and recommendations were to be filed within fourteen days. Both petitioners filed objections to 2 the findings and recommendations. 3 In accordance with the provisions of 28…