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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROBERT LEE ELLIS, No. 1:17-cv-01443-DAD-JDP (HC) Petitioner, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DENYING

MARTIN BITER, PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS

Respondent. (Doc. No. 31)

17 18 Petitioner Robert Lee Ellis is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a petition for a 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 March 30, 2020, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that the pending petition for federal habeas relief be denied on the merits. (Doc. No. 31.) Specifically, the magistrate judge found that each of the four grounds for federal habeas relief asserted in petitioner’s pending petition—(1) that the trial court violated his constitutional rights when it denied his motion for a new…