(HC) Britton v. Corona

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SCOTT T. BRITTON, No. 1:18-cv-01213-NONE-JDP Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS TO DISMISS

v. PETITION AS MOOT A. CORONA, et al. (Doc. No. 7) Respondent.

17 Petitioner Scott T. Britton, a former detainee at the Fresno County Jail proceeding without counsel, seeks the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1.) This matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. In his pending petition, although somewhat difficult to decipher, it appears petitioner challenges a sentence imposed upon in an underlying state court criminal prosecution and seeks no other forms of relief. (Doc. No. 1 at 3.) However, the pending petition, filed September 7, 2018, suggested that petitioner had fully served his sentence because he was scheduled for release in August 2018. (Id. at 2.) Because it…