(HC) Hatchett v. Clark

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CECIL JEROME HATCHETT, No. 2:16-cv-02044-KJM-EFB P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS KEN CLARK, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a state prisoner without counsel pursuing a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In his objections to the court’s recommendation that respondent’s pending motion to dismiss be granted, plaintiff raised additional arguments that he had not raised in his original opposition papers. ECF No. 16. Accordingly, the District Judge referred the matter to the undersigned to consider the new arguments. ECF No. 23. Thereafter, the court directed respondent to file a supplemental brief addressing those arguments, which was timely filed on February 9, 2022. ECF Nos. 26, 27. Those arguments are addressed below. Petitioner asserts in his petition that his conviction for indecent exposure, which he incurred while serving a 55-years-to-life sentence on an unrelated charge,…