Warden

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSHUA DAVIS BLAND, Case No. 1:22-cv-01171-CDB (HC)

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION

TO DISMISS WITH PREJUDICE FIRST

v. AMENDED PETITION FOR WRIT OF

HABEAS CORPUS

WARDEN, KERN VALLEY STATE PRISON, (Doc. 9) 15 Respondent. Clerk of Court to Assign District Judge 16 17 Petitioner Joshua Davis Bland is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Presently before the Court is Bland’s First Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. (Doc. 9). For the reasons stated below, the undersigned recommends that this petition be dismissed with prejudice. I. SCREENING OF HABEAS CORPUS PETITIONS Rule 4 of the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases requires the Court to make a preliminary review of each petition for writ of habeas corpus. The Court must dismiss a petition “[i]f it plainly appears from the petition . . . that the petitioner is not…