Lemon

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BARCIMEO MERINO CANDELARIA, Case No. 1:24-cv-01358-SAB-HC

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION TO

DISMISS PETITION FOR WRIT OF

v. HABEAS CORPUS

TRISTAN LEMON, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

TO RANDOMLY ASSIGN DISTRICT

Respondent. JUDGE

14 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. I. BACKGROUND On November 6, 2024, Petitioner filed the instant petition for writ of habeas corpus wherein Petitioner challenges a Kern County conviction. (ECF No. 1.) On December 23, 2024, the Court ordered Petitioner to show cause why the petition should not be dismissed for failure to exhaust state judicial remedies. (ECF No. 5.) To date, no response to the order to show cause has been filed, and the time for doing so has passed. II. DISCUSSION Rule 4 of…