Kernan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSHUA DAVIS BLAND, No. 1:18-cv-01141-NONE-EPG-HC

Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATION, GRANTING

v. RESPONDENT’S MOTION TO DISMISS,

DENYING PETITIONER’S MOTIONS FOR

KEN CLARK, DECREE PRO CONFESSO AND TO

COMPEL, DENYING PETITIONER’S

Respondent. REQUESTS FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE,

DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO

ASSIGN DISTRICT JUDGE AND CLOSE

CASE, AND DECLINING TO ISSUE

CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

(Doc. Nos. 16, 26, 27, 49, 50, 57)

19 20 By way of this petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, petitioner Joshua Davis Bland, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, seeks to challenge his May 8, 2014 conviction, following jury trial, for possessing or controlling child pornography. (Doc. Nos. 1, 20-1.) Respondent moved to dismiss this action, contending that the pending petition is…