Pollard

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAROLD COURTNEY JARVIS, No. 2:20-cv-00480 KJM GGH P Petitioner, v. ORDER MARCUS POLLARD,1 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The matter was referred to the United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Local Rule 302(c). In a nutshell, the petition in this case alleges violations of due process and equal protection stemming from the redundant application of sentencing enhancements now prohibited by state law (and possibly at the time of his negotiated plea agreement and sentencing as well). There is also possibly a subsidiary due process issue that precludes a waiver, at time of pleading

1 The court grants respondent's request to substitute Marcus Pollard, the current warden of R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility, as respondent in this matter. See Stanley v. California Supreme Court, 21…