Spearman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSE MANUEL REYES-TORNERO, No. 1:18-cv-00445-NONE-JDP Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING

v. HABEAS PETITION AND DIRECTING THE

CLERK OF COURT TO CLOSE CASE, AND

M. ELIOT SPEARMAN, DECLINING TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY

Respondent. (Doc. No. 24) 16 Petitioner Jose Manuel Reyes-Tornero, a state prisoner proceeding with counsel, seeks habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. After petitioner was convicted of attempted murder, felony assault, and robbery, he petitioned the California Court of Appeal and the California Supreme Court for habeas relief on grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel. (Doc. No. 1 at 2–4.) Both courts denied his state habeas petitions. (Id.) Upon its filing, the instant federal habeas petition was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On May 26, 2020, the assigned…