(HC)Smith

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LAWRENCE CHRISTOPHER SMITH, ) Case No.: 1:21-cv-01554 JLT EPG ) Petitioner, ) ORDER ADOPTING IN FULL THE FINDINGS ) AND RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING THE v. ) PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, ) DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO CLOSE KEN CLARK, ) THIS CASE, AND DECLINING TO ISSUE ) CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY Respondent. ) ) (Doc. 55) )

Lawrence Christopher Smith is a state prisoner proceeding on a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, raising two grounds for relief: (1) denial of favorable evidence, in violation of his due process rights. and (2) judicial bias. (Doc. 1.) The assigned magistrate judge found that “the state court’s rejection of Petitioner’s due process claim was not contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law.” (Doc. 55 at 10; id. at 5-10.) In addition, the magistrate judge determined Petitioner was not…