Fernandez v. Bennett

1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 SMOKEY FERNANDEZ, 9 Petitioner, CASE NO. 3:23-cv-05582-JCC-BAT 10 v. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION 11 JASON BENNETT, 12 Respondent. 13 Petitioner, Smokey Fernandez, currently confined at Stafford Creek Corrections Center, 14 in Aberdeen Washington, seeks

28 U.S.C. § 2254

relief from a 2020 Clark County Superior 15 Court judgment and sentence.1 Dkt. 8; Dkt. 31-1 at 2-21 (Ex. 1). Respondent has filed an answer 16 to Petitioner’s habeas petition and submitted relevant portions of the state court record. Dkts. 30, 17…