Fischer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PASQUALE PATRICK SENATORE, No. 2:18-cv-00325-DAD-AC (HC) Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DENYING

v. PETITION FOR HABEAS RELIEF RAYTHEL FISCHER, Warden, (Doc. Nos. 1, 18) 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 in which he challenges his 2013 state court conviction for rape and lewd and lascivious acts on a minor. (Doc. No. 1.) The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On August 21, 2023, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that the pending petition for federal habeas relief be denied. (Doc. No. 18.) Specifically, the findings and recommendations concluded that the state court did not unreasonably apply Supreme Court precedent in rejecting petitioner’s claim challenging the 25 …