Jones v. Uttecht

1 The Honorable Barbara J. Rothstein 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 6 AT TACOMA 7 NO. 22-cv-5371 MARTIN A. JONES, 8 ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND Petitioner, RECOMMENDATION 9 v. 10 JEFFREY UTTECHT, 11 Respondent. 12 13 I. INTRODUCTION 14 This matter comes before the Court on the Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) of United 15 States Magistrate Judge David W. Christel regarding Martin A. Jones’ federal habeas petition, filed 16 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, seeking relief from his state court conviction and sentence. See R&R, 17 ECF No. 13. Judge Christel…