Koenig

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TYLER JAMES SUONG, Case No. 1:20-cv-00347-EPG-HC

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION TO

DISMISS PETITION FOR WRIT OF

v. HABEAS CORPUS

CRAIG KOENIG, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

TO ASSIGN DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

Respondent.

16 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In the instant petition, Petitioner challenges one of his 2007 convictions in the Fresno County Superior Court for committing a lewd act against a minor. As Petitioner has sought federal habeas relief with respect to the challenged conviction previously, the undersigned recommends that the petition be dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b) as an unauthorized successive petition. I. DISCUSSION Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases requires preliminary review of a habeas petition and allows a district court to dismiss a…