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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 IHAB NADHIM KIFAH, Case No. 1:24-cv-01028-CDB Petitioner, ORDER ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSING

INSTANT CASE AS OPENED IN ERROR

v. JOHN ZANONI, Respondent. 16 Petitioner Ihab Nadhim Kifah (“Petitioner”) is a state pretrial detainee proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. 1). This action was filed on August 29, 2024. Id. Approximately one month earlier (July 25, 2024), Petitioner filed a nearly identical petition in Kifah v. On Habeas Corpus, Case No. 1:24-cv-00856-JLT-SKO. On July 29, 2024, the Honorable United States Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto issued an order granting Petitioner leave to file a motion to amend his petition to name a proper respondent. (Kifah, Doc. 3). It appears that the instant petition was filed in response to Judge Oberto’s order given that it names a new respondent but advances virtually identical allegations and claims for relief. Therefore, the…