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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STEVEN MCVAY, No. 1:20-cv-00486-DAD-JDP (HC) Petitioner, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING

STEVEN “MIKE” MERLAK, MOTION FOR A TEMPORARY

RESTRAINING ORDER AND DISMISSING

Respondent. PETITION (Doc. Nos. 5, 7) 17 Petitioner Steven McKay 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 April 15, 2020, petitioner filed a motion seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent his transfer to a different prison because that transfer would place him in immediate danger due to the possibility of contracting the COVID-19 virus at the alternate facility. (Doc. No. 5.) While that motion was pending before this court, petitioner was released from prison to home…