(HC)Hayes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BLUFFORD HAYES, Jr., No. 2:19-cv-01279-TLN-EFB Petitioner, v. ORDER ROBERT NEUSCHMID, Respondent. 16 Petitioner Blufford Hayes, Jr. (“Petitioner”), a state prisoner proceeding through counsel, has filed this application 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 5, 2020, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations which were served on all parties and which contained notice to all parties that any objections to the findings and recommendations were to be filed within fourteen days. (ECF No. 30.) On March 19, 2020, Respondent filed Objections to the Findings and Recommendations. (ECF No. 32.) This Court reviews de novo those portions of the proposed findings of fact to which objection has been made. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Commodore 27 …