(HC) Bretz v. United States District Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DREW PATTERSON BRETZ, Case No. 1:20-cv-00663-NONE-JDP Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS TO DISMISS

v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, (Doc. No. 9) Respondent. 16 Petitioner Drew Patterson Bretz, a state pre-trial detainee without counsel, seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. (Doc. No. 1.) Petitioner claims that his continued pre- trial detention violates his constitutional rights. (Id. at 3.) 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 June 25, 2020, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations, recommending that the court abstain from exercising jurisdiction over the petition under Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 44 (1971), in light of the fact that the state criminal proceedings against petitioner pursuant to which he is being held in…