Wallace

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICK HAZELTINE, Case No. 1:25-cv-00698-SKO (HC)

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION TO

DISMISS PETITION

v.

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

JANINE WALLACE, TO ASSIGN DISTRICT JUDGE

Respondent. [TWENTY-ONE DAY OBJECTION

DEADLINE]

16 Petitioner is a state civil committee proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas 18 corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He filed the instant petition on June 9, 2025. Upon review 19 of the petition, the Court finds that several grounds for relief are successive. In addition, certain 20 grounds fail to present a cognizable claim. Therefore, the Court will recommend the petition be 21 dismissed and Petitioner be directed to file an amended petition presenting non-successive and 22 cognizable claims. DISCUSSION Rule 4 of the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases requires the Court to make a preliminary 25 review of each petition for writ of habeas corpus. The Court must dismiss a petition "[i]f it plainly 26 appears…