Holifield

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DOLPHUS DWAYNE PIERCE, No. 1:20-cv-00459-ADA-HBK Petitioner, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING

ERICA HOLIFIELD, T.R. MERICKEL, PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS, DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

Respondents. TO CLOSE CASE, AND DECLINING TO

ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

16 (Doc. No. 19)

18 Petitioner Dolphus Dwayne Pierce, a state probationer represented by counsel, has pending a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1.) This matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On January 13, 2022, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that grounds one and two of the petition be denied on the merits. (Doc. No. 19.) Those findings and recommendations were served on petitioner and contained notice that any objections thereto were to be filed within…