(HC) Mitchell v. Pfeiffer

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DEE WALTER MITCHELL, Case No. 1:18-cv-01645-AWI-JDP 12 Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO DENY PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS 13 v. CORPUS AND TO DECLINE TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY 14 CHRISTIAN PFEIFFER, OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS 15 Respondent. ECF No. 1 16 17 Petitioner Dee Walter Mitchell, a state prisoner without counsel, petitions for a writ of 18 habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. He claims that: (1) his due process rights 19 were violated when the trial…