Kevin Dale Best v. Karin Arnold

1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 7 AT SEATTLE 8 KEVIN DALE BEST, 9 Petitioner, Case No. C25-1689-JLR-MLP 10 v. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION 11 KARIN ARNOLD, 12 Respondent. 13 14 I. INTRODUCTION 15 Petitioner Kevin Best is a Washington prisoner who is currently confined at the Stafford 16 Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen, Washington. He seeks relief under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

17 from his 2021 Snohomish County Superior Court judgment and sentence. (See dkt. ## 4, 6.) 18 Respondent filed an answer responding to Petitioner’s federal habeas claims and submitted 19…