Pfeifer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL GADDY, Case No. 1:18-cv-01024-DAD-JDP (HC) Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

THAT COURT GRANT RESPONDENT’S

v. MOTION TO DISMISS PETITION FOR

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

C. PFEIFER, ECF No. 12 Respondent.

ORDER GRANTING RESPONDENT’S

MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME ECF No. 15 18 Petitioner Michael Gaddy, a state prisoner without counsel, seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. Respondent moves to dismiss the case, contending that this courts lacks jurisdiction to grant habeas relief because the petition is an unauthorized successive petition. We recommend that the court grant respondent’s motion to dismiss. I. Respondent’s Motion to Dismiss A federal court must dismiss a successive petition for a writ of habeas corpus that raises the same claims as a prior petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1). The court…