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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JASON BEST, No. 1:19-cv-00026-DAD-JLT Petitioner, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING

S. LAKE, Warden, RESPONDENT’S MOTION TO DISMISS,

AND DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF

Respondent. HABEAS CORPUS (Doc. Nos. 1, 16, 17) 17 18 Petitioner Jason Best is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Local Rules 302 and 304. On June 12, 2019, respondent filed a motion to dismiss the petition on the grounds that petitioner failed to exhaust his administrative remedies and that the court lacked jurisdiction over his claims. (Doc. No. 16.) On July 29, 2019, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations, recommending that the motion to dismiss be denied but that the…