(HC) Williams v. Martinez

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 BRIAN WILLIAMS, No. 2:22-cv-1593 DAD KJN P 12 Petitioner, 13 v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS 14 BRIAN MARTINEZ, 15 Respondent. 16 17 I. Introduction 18 Petitioner is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with an application for a writ of 19 habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner does not challenge his 1995 conviction, 20 but rather claims he was denied effective assistance of counsel in petitioner’s motion for 21 resentencing. After careful review of the record, this court…