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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM BLOWHEART LEE, No. 1:24-cv-01221-KES-SKO (HC) Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING

PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS WITHOUT PREJUDICE,

v. DECLINING TO ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY, AND DIRECTING

CLERK OF COURT TO ENTER JUDGMENT

AND CLOSE CASE

16 CARLOS ARCE, Warden, (Doc. 8) 17 Respondent.

19 Petitioner William Blowheart Lee 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. This matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On October 15, 2024, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations to dismiss the petition for failure to exhaust state remedies. Doc. 8. Those findings and recommendations were served upon all parties and contained…