Warden

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROBERT GEORGE HINOJOSA, No. 2:22-cv-1780 DB P Petitioner, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

WARDEN, SATF/SP, Respondent. 16 A petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 was filed, it appears, on behalf of petitioner, Robert Hinojosa, by a fellow inmate, who identifies himself as Joshua Davis Bland. (ECF Nos. 1, 2.) Mr. Bland has also filed a motion requesting to proceed as a “next friend” on behalf of petitioner. (ECF No. 2.) The petition challenges Mr. Hinojosa’s 2019 conviction in the San Joaquin County Superior Court. For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned will deny the motion to proceed as a “next friend” and recommend that the petition be dismissed for lack of standing. 24 1 Review of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s inmate locator system 25 located at http://inmatelocator.cdcr.ca.gov indicates that Mr. Bland is presently incarcerated at Kern Valley State…