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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM DALE CARMAN, No. 2:24-cv-03755-DAD-AC (HC) Petitioner, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND GRANTING

KATHLEEN N. RATLIFF, RESPONDENT’S MOTION TO DISMISS

PETITION

Respondent. (Doc. Nos. 1, 10, 15)

17 Petitioner, now a state court prisoner proceeding pro se, filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus (Doc. No. 1), pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 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 August 15, 2025, the magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that respondent’s motion to dismiss the pending petition (Doc. No. 10), be granted. (Doc. No. 15.) Specifically, the magistrate judge concluded that because at the time the pending petition for federal habeas relief was filed petitioner was awaiting resentencing following a remand for that purpose by the California Court of Appeal, his…