Spearman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 JOSE MANUEL REYES-TORNERO, Case No. 1:18-cv-00445-NONE-JDP Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

TO DENY THE PETITION FOR A WRIT OF

v. HABEAS CORPUS AND TO DECLINE TO

ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF

M. ELIOT SPEARMAN, APPEALABILITY Respondent. OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN THIRTY DAYS ECF No. 1 18 Petitioner Jose Manuel Reyes-Tornero, a state prisoner with counsel, seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. He claims that he was denied effective assistance of trial counsel in violation of the Sixth Amendment. Id. at 19-34. Because petitioner has failed to meet the demanding standard for showing ineffective assistance of counsel, see Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), we recommend that the court deny the petition and decline to issue a certificate of appealability. 25

1 While petitioner alleges other rights-violations in passing, see ECF…