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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SONNY JAMES MORALES, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-00894-KES-HBK (HC) ) Petitioner, ) ORDER ADOPTING THE FINDINGS AND ) RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING PETITION v. ) FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, ) DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO CLOSE A. COVELLO, ) CASE, AND DECLINING TO ISSUE ) CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY Respondent. ) ) Docs. 1, 23 ) Petitioner Sonny James Morales is a state prisoner proceeding pro se on a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Doc. 1. 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 November 25, 2024, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that the petition for writ of habeas corpus be denied as without merit, and that the Court decline to issue a certificate of appealability. Doc. 23. Those findings and recommendations were served upon…