(HC) Fields v. California Department of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CARLTON DWAYNE FIELDS, No. 1:18-cv-01545-DAD-JDP (HC) Petitioner, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HABEAS PETITION, AND DECLINING TO

CORRECTIONS, ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

15 Respondent. (Doc. No. 43)

17 Petitioner Carlton Dwayne Fields is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a petition 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 June 5, 2020, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that the pending petition for federal habeas relief be denied on the merits. (Doc. No. 43.) Specifically, the magistrate judge found that the first two grounds for federal habeas relief asserted in petitioner’s pending petition—(1) that his trial counsel was ineffective…