Pfeiffer
(HC) Phea v. Pfeiffer
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MALANJE PHEA, No. 2:20-cv-0283 WBS KJN P Petitioner, v. ORDER CHRISTIAN PFEIFFER, Warden, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed an application 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. Findings and recommendations issued on February 17, 2021, and March 12, 2021, are now before the court. Background Review of the two findings and recommendations (ECF Nos. 52, 63) was stayed pending resolution of petitioner’s appeal. (ECF No. 67.) Such appeal was dismissed on April 21, 2021. (ECF No. 68.) On October 22, 2021, the stay was lifted, and on November 24, 2021, the district court denied petitioner’s amended motion for relief from judgment. (ECF No. 78.) On January 21, 2022, the interlocutory appeal was dismissed. Phea v. Pfeiffer, No. 21-17089 (9th Cir.…