(HC) Hatchett v. Clark

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 CECIL JEROME HATCHETT, No. 2:20-cv-02044-KJM-EFB (HC) Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS KEN CLARK, Respondent. 15 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. The District Judge therefore declined to adopt the recommendation in part and referred the matter to the undersigned to consider the new arguments. ECF No. 23. Thereafter, respondent was directed to file a supplemental brief addressing those arguments. That brief was timely filed on February 9, 2022, ECF Nos. 26, 27, and the matter appeared to be submitted. But a few days later, on February 14, 2022, petitioner filed a motion for default judgment, arguing erroneously that…