Koenig

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HOSH D. THOMAS, No. 1:20-cv-01032-NONE-HBK Petitioner, ORDER DECLINING TO ADOPT FINDINGS

AND RECOMMENDATIONS,

v. CONSTRUING PETITION AS MOTION TO

AMEND PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

C. KOENIG, CORPUS IN CASE NO. 1:20-cv-00996-

NONE-JLT AND DENYING THAT MOTION

Respondent. AS MOOT AND TO CLOSE CASE (Doc. No. 5)

17 Petitioner Hosh D. Thomas, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel, has petitioned this court for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1.) In this federal habeas proceeding, petitioner challenges his state court judgment of conviction, claiming trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel. (Id.) Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302, the instant federal habeas petition was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge. On July 31, 2020, the assigned magistrate judge recommended that this…