Pollard

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAJUAN BELL, No. 1:21-cv-00291-NONE-EPG-HC Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATION, GRANTING

v. RESPONDENT’S MOTION TO DISMISS,

DISMISSING PETITION FOR WRIT OF

MARCUS POLLARD, HABEAS CORPUS WITHOUT PREJUDICE,

DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO

Respondent. ASSIGN A DISTRICT JUDGE AND CLOSE

CASE, AND DECLINING TO ISSUE A

CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY (Doc. Nos. 8, 10) 18 Petitioner JaJuan Bell is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. This matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. Respondent moved to dismiss the petition on the ground that the criminal conviction which petitioner was challenging was the subject of an ongoing appeal being pursued by petitioner in the state…