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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES CURTIS KERN, No. 2:24-cv-00740-DC-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING

KATHERINE LESTER, et al., THIS ACTION Defendants. (Doc. No. 15) 16 Plaintiff James Curtis Kern is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Doc. No. 1.) In his complaint, Plaintiff challenges various aspects of his underlying conviction and sentence. (Id.) 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 February 20, 2025, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending this action be dismissed without prejudice because success on Plaintiff’s claims would imply the invalidity of his conviction and Plaintiff had not shown that his conviction had been invalidated. (Doc. No. 15); see Hebrad v. Nofziger, 90 F.4th…