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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALONZO MCKINNEY, No. 2:24-cv-00680-DAD-SCR Petitioner, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING

NEWSOM, HABEAS PETITION Respondent. (Doc. Nos. 7, 8) 16 Petitioner Alonzo McKinney1 is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On April 16, 2024, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that petitioner’s federal habeas petition be dismissed, without prejudice, because it does not challenge his underlying state court conviction and sentence. (Doc. No. 7 at 3.) Rather, the magistrate judge found that the pending, difficult to decipher, petition was an attempt by petitioner to challenge the denial of his compensation request under state law after he was 25…