Witkowski v. Bennett

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 5 AT TACOMA 6 WILLIAM HOWARD WITKOWSKI, Case No. 3:24-cv-05812-KKE-TLF 7 Petitioner, v. REPORT AND 8 RECOMMENDATION JASON BENNETT, 9 Noted for: June 17, 2025 Respondent. 10 11 This matter comes before the Court on petitioner’s petition for writ of habeas 12 corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging the legality of his conviction for multiple 13 counts of the crimes of possession of a controlled substance, possession of a stolen 14 firearm, and unlawful possession of a firearm. Dkt. 7 at 1; Dkt. 18-1 at 2-3. Petitioner 15…