(HC)Lawless

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KRISTOPHER WILLIAM LAWLESS, No. 1:22-cv-0523 JLT EPG (HC) Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING

v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS, DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

BRIAN CATES, TO CLOSE CASE, AND DECLINING TO

ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

Respondent. (Doc. 41) 16 Kristopher William Lawless is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. This matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. The assigned magistrate judge found Petitioner did not raise a colorable ineffective assistance of counsel claim based upon the reported failure to call character witnesses, and recommended the petition be denied. (Doc. 41.) The Court served the Findings and Recommendations on all parties and notified them that any objections were due within 30 days of the date of…