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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CARL GENE DUNLAP, No. 1:22-cv-01485-CDB (HC) Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

TO DISMISS PETITION FOR WRIT OF

v. HABEAS CORPUS AND DECLINE TO

ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

M. ARVIZA, (Doc. 1) Respondent. Clerk of the Court to Assign District Judge

17 Petitioner Carl Gene Dunlap (“Petitioner”) is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. (Doc. 1). On November 17, 2022, Petitioner filed the instant petition while in custody of the Bureau of Prisons at Federal Correctional Institution, Mendota (“FCI Mendota”), in Mendota, California. Id. For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned recommends the petition be dismissed. I. Background Petitioner was convicted of prohibited person in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) in May 2015 in the United States District Court for the…