Jones

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 STERLING SAMM, No. 2:24-cv-1987 DJC CSK P 12 Petitioner, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 GENA JONES, 15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis. This action was 18 referred to this Court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Petitioner’s second 19 amended petition and two subsequent filings are before the Court. As discussed below, the Court 20 recommends that the second amended petition be summarily dismissed, and this action be 21 dismissed with prejudice. 22 I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 23 On March 14, 2025, respondent’s motion to dismiss was granted and petitioner’s motion 24 to amend was granted (ECF No. 15.) The Court screened petitioner’s first amended petition, and 25 dismissed the first amended petition with leave to amend. (Id.) On March 28, 2025, petitioner 26 filed a second amended petition, and asked the Court to take judicial notice of state court records 27 …