Sutton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BOBBY THOMAS, JR., No. 1:20-cv-01409-NONE-JLT (HC) Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING

PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS, DECLINING TO ISSUE

v. CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY, AND

DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO

ASSIGN DISTRICT JUDGE AND CLOSE

CASE

16 SUTTON, Warden, (Doc. Nos. 1, 9) 17 Respondent. 18 Petitioner Bobby Thomas, Jr. is a state prisoner proceeding in propria persona with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1.) Petitioner challenges his denial of parole by the California Board of Parole Hearings and alleges that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is failing to adequately protect him from the coronavirus. (Id. at 5–7.) This matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636 (b)(1)(C) and Local Rule 302. …