Pfeiffer
(HC) Blackmon v. Pfeiffer
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 TED BLACKMON, Case No. 1:23-cv-00497-KES-HBK (HC) 12 Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO
GRANT RESPONDENT’S MOTION TO
13 v. DISMISS 1 14 CHRISTIAN PFEIFFER, FOURTEEN-DAY OBJECTION PERIOD 15 Respondent. (Doc. No. 12) 16 17 18 Petitioner Ted Blackmon (“Petitioner”), a state prisoner, initiated this action by filing a 19 pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1, “Petition”). In 20 response, Respondent filed a Motion to Dismiss (“Motion”) and lodged the state court record in 21 support. (Doc. Nos. 12, 13). Petitioner filed a response to the Motion to Dismiss, and 22 Respondent filed a Reply. (Doc. Nos. 14, 15). For the reasons set forth more fully below, the 23 undersigned recommends granting Respondent’s Motion to Dismiss. 24 I. BACKGROUND 25 In 2007, Petitioner was convicted of murder, attempted murder, and being a convicted 26 felon in possession of…