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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RAYMOND ALFORD BRADFORD, No. 2:20-cv-0744 KJM DB P Petitioner, v. ORDER UNKNOWN, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a “petition for extraordinary writ of mandamus.” The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge as provided by 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On May 18, 2020, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations. ECF No. 7. The magistrate judge interpreted Mr. Bradford’s petition as petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and recommended dismissal because Mr. Bradford was challenging the conditions of his confinement, not attacking his confinement itself. Id. at 2–3. The magistrate judge also recommended against converting this action to a civil rights lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 because doing so might subject Mr. Bradford to a filing fee he was unwilling to pay and might lead to a “strike” against any future requests he might…