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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARDIK K. MEKHTARIAN, Case No. 1:24-cv-0798 JLT SKO (HC)

Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING

v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS AND DIRECTING CLERK OF

UNNAMED, COURT TO ENTER JUDGMENT AND

CLOSE CASE

Respondent. (Doc. 5)

ORDER DECLINING TO ISSUE

CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

17 Mardik K. Mekhtarian is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The magistrate judge performed a preliminary review of the petition pursuant to Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases. (Doc. 5.) The magistrate judge found Petitioner failed to state a cognizable claim for relief because he “challenges the application of state sentencing laws,” which “does not give rise to a federal question cognizable on federal habeas review.” (Doc. 5 at 3.) The…