Madden

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANTONIO TREJO PEREZ, No. 1:17-cv-01028-DAD-JDP (HC) Petitioner, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DENYING

RAYMOND MADDEN, PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS

Respondent. (Doc. No. 19)

17 Petitioner Antonio Trejo Perez is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. 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 September 25, 2019, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that the petition be denied because petitioner’s primary claim— that his constitutional rights were violated because the state trial court erroneously excluded a witness’ prior statements—was without merit. (Doc. No. 19.) Specifically, the pending findings and recommendations found that “a reasonable jurist could conclude…