Macomber

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVEN R.G. CANDLER, Case No. 1:24-cv-00981-SAB-HC

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION TO

DISMISS PETITION FOR WRIT OF

v. HABEAS CORPUS

JEFF MACOMBER, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

TO RANDOMLY ASSIGN DISTRICT

Respondent. JUDGE

15 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. I. BACKGROUND On August 21, 2024, Petitioner filed the instant petition for writ of habeas corpus wherein Petitioner challenges a Tulare County conviction. (ECF No. 1.) On August 22, 2024, the Court ordered Petitioner to show cause why the petition should not be dismissed for failure to exhaust state judicial remedies. (ECF No. 4.) On September 3 and 4, 2024, Petitioner filed responses to the order to show cause. (ECF Nos. 6, 7.) II. DISCUSSION Rule 4 of…