Lizarraga

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 NERSES TASHCHYAN, No. 1:18-cv-01242-DAD-JLT (HC) Petitioner, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING

J. LIZARRAGA, PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS, DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

Respondent. TO CLOSE CASE, AND DECLINING TO

ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

16 (Doc. No. 20) 17 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1.) On June 20, 2019, the magistrate judge issued findings and recommendation recommending that the petition be denied with prejudice due to petitioner’s failure to exhaust his claims by first presenting them to the state’s highest court and failure to state a cognizable claim for federal habeas relief. (Doc. No. 20.) Those findings and recommendations were served upon petitioner and contained notice that any objections thereto were to be filed within…