(HC) Neely v. Covello

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 WILLIAM S. NEELY, No. 2:19-cv-02248 GGH P 12 Petitioner, 13 v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 PATRICK COVELLO, et al., 15 Respondents. 16 17 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 18 corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The matter was referred to the United States Magistrate 19 Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §636(b)(1) and Local Rule 302(c). 20 Although petitioner uses the district court’s

28 U.S.C. § 2254

forms, petitioner in fact 21 seeks a…