Roberts

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANTOINE DESHAWN BARNES, No. 1:20-cv-00454-DAD-SKO (HC) Petitioner, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING

HANFORD SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE PETITION WITHOUT PREJUDICE

ROBERTS,

(Doc. No. 5) Respondent. 16 Petitioner Antoine Deshawn Barnes 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. § 2554. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Local Rule 302. On April 2, 2020, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that the petition be dismissed without prejudice due to petitioner’s failure to exhaust his claims by first presenting them to the highest state court prior to seeking federal habeas relief. (Doc. No. 5.) The pending findings and recommendations were served on petitioner with notice that any objections thereto…