Martinez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TERRENCE BROWNLEE, Case No. 1:23-cv-01013-NODJ-EPG-HC

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION TO

GRANT RESPONDENT’S MOTION TO

v. DISMISS AND DISMISS PETITION FOR

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

LUIS MARTINEZ,1 (ECF No. 20) Respondent.

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

TO SUBSTITUTE RESPONDENT

16 Petitioner Terrence Brownlee is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In the instant petition, Petitioner challenges his 1980 Fresno County Superior Court convictions and sentence. As Petitioner has sought federal habeas relief with respect to the challenged convictions numerous times previously, the undersigned recommends that Respondent’s motion to dismiss be granted and the petition be dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b) as an unauthorized successive petition. I. BACKGROUND In 1980, Petitioner pleaded guilty…