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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 KEVIN DUANE HICKMAN, No. 2:22-cv-01825-DAD-DMC (HC) Petitioner, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING

UNKNOWN, THIS PETITION Respondent. (Doc. No. 19) 15 16 Petitioner Kevin Duane Hickman 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 matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On March 7, 2024, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that petitioner’s federal habeas petition be dismissed because it does not challenge his underlying state court conviction and sentence and therefore fails to state a cognizable claim for federal habeas relief. (Doc. No. 19 at 2.) Rather, the magistrate judge found that the pending, difficult to decipher petition was an attempt by petitioner…