John Michael Brooks v. Jack Warner

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 5 AT TACOMA 6 JOHN MICHAEL BROOKS, Case No. 3:22-cv-05486-JLR-TLF 7 Petitioner, v. REPORT AND 8 RECOMMENDATION JACK WARNER, 9 Noted for February 6, 2026 Respondent. 10 11 Petitioner, John Michael Brooks, a state prisoner who is currently confined at 12 Monroe Correctional Complex – Twin Rivers Unit (MCC-TRU) in Monroe, Washington, 13 seeks relief under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

from a 2017 Cowlitz County Superior Court 14 judgment and sentence. Dkt. 46. Respondent has filed an answer to petitioner’s 15 amended habeas petition and…