Martinez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BRIAN WILLIAMS, No. 2:22-cv-01593-DAD-KJN (HC) Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DENYING

v. PETITION FOR HABEAS RELIEF BRIAN MARTINEZ, (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 claims that he was denied his right to effective assistance of counsel in state court post-conviction criminal proceedings. (Doc. Nos. 1, 17.) 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 July 25, 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 first noted that petitioner presents a single claim in his pending petition, asserting that on…