(HC) Tillis v. People of the State of CA
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KINAGA LAMAR TILLIS, No. 2:23-cv-02131-DAD-CKD (HC) Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING
v. AMENDED PETITION FOR FAILURE TO
STATE A COGNIZABLE FEDERAL
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF HABEAS CLAIM
CALIFORNIA,
(Doc. Nos. 1, 4) Respondent.
17 Petitioner Kinaga Lamar Tillis proceeds pro se and in forma pauperis with a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 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 October 12, 2023, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that the petition before the court be summarily dismissed for failure to state a cognizable claim for federal habeas relief. (Doc. No. 4.) The magistrate judge noted that petitioner’s only claims were that the Sutter County Superior Court erred as a matter of California…