Hill

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARQUISE D. LOFTIS, Case No. 1:23-cv-00002-JLT-SKO (HC)

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION TO

DENY PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

v. CORPUS

JAMES HILL, Respondent.

16 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He is currently in custody of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, California. He challenges a prison disciplinary hearing in which he was found guilty of resisting staff. He claims his investigative employee provided ineffective assistance, he was denied witnesses and the presentation of evidence during the disciplinary hearing, and the evidence was insufficient to find him guilty. Respondent claims that Petitioner was afforded all the procedural and substantive due process rights he was entitled to, and contends the petition be denied. The Court will recommend the petition be…