(HC) Watkins v. Tuolumne County Superior Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RAYMOND C. WATKINS, No. 1:23-cv-01516-JLT-EPG (HC) Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING

v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS WITHOUT PREJUDICE,

TUOLUMNE COUNTY SUPERIOR DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO CLOSE COURT, et al., CASE, AND DECLINING TO ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY Respondents. (Doc. 8) 17 Raymond C. Watkins is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus brought 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 magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations, which concluded that the petition for writ of habeas corpus be dismissed without prejudice based on Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971). (Doc. 8.) The Court served the findings and recommendations on Petitioner…