Gastelo
(HC) Hernandez v. Gastelo
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PHILLIP R. HERNANDEZ, No. 2:19-cv-2414 KJM DB P Petitioner, v. ORDER JOSIE GASTELO, Warden, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed this application for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge as provided by 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On August 26, 2020, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations, which were served on all parties and which contained notice to all parties that any objections to the findings and recommendations were to be filed within fourteen days. Petitioner has not filed objections, but he has filed a response wherein he expresses his intent to dismiss the unexhausted claim that is the subject of Respondent’s motion to dismiss and to proceed only on his exhausted claims. The court presumes that any findings of fact are correct. See Orand v. United States, 602…