Matteson

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ASAD MUHAMMAD, No. 2:23-CV-2517-DAD-DMC-P Petitioner,

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

v. GISELLE MATTESON, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Pending before the Court is Respondent’s motion to dismiss, ECF No. 10. Petitioner has not filed any response to Respondent’s motion, which was properly served on Petitioner at his address of record. See id. at 152. For the reasons discussed below, the Court agrees with Respondent that Petitioner's petition presents claims which are neither cognizable nor exhausted. 23 I. BACKGROUND In 2001, a jury convicted Petitioner of three counts of murder with special circumstances and enhancements in Solano County Superior Court case number VC142576. See ECF No. 1 at 1. The trial court sentenced Petitioner to three life sentences without the possibility of parole. …