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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 GABRIEL VERDUGO, ) Case No.: 1:22-cv-00454 JLT HBK (HC) ) 12 Petitioner, ) ORDER ADOPTING THE FINDINGS AND ) RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING PETITION 13 v. ) FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, ) DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO CLOSE 14 CHRISTIAN PFEIFFER, ) CASE, AND DECLINING TO ISSUE ) CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY 15 Respondent. ) ) (Docs. 1, 16) 16 ) 17 Gabriel Verdugo is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with his petition for writ of habeas 18 corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. 1.) The matter was referred to a United States 19 Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. 20 The assigned magistrate judge issued Findings and Recommendations recommending that 21 the petition for writ of habeas corpus be denied on the merits, and that the Court decline to issue a 22 certificate of appealability. (Doc. 16.) Specifically, the magistrate judge concluded that the state 23 court’s rejection of Petitioner’s…