Koenig

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HOSH D. THOMAS, No. 1:20-cv-00996-NONE-JLT (HC) Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS TO GRANT

v. PETITIONER’S MOTION TO WITHDRAW

AND TO DISMISS § 2254 PETITION

C. KOENIG, (Doc. Nos. 1, 17, 19) Respondent. 16 A few months after petitioner Hosh D. Thomas filed the instant § 2254 petition seeking federal habeas relief, he moved to withdraw his petition “[d]ue to recent changes in state law affecting issues not presented” on the petition. (Doc. Nos. 1; 17 at 1.) While respondent has not filed an answer in this case, respondent has filed a statement of non-opposition to petitioner’s motion to withdraw his petition. (Doc. No. 18.) Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302, this matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge. On November 23, 2020, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations, recommending that petitioner’s motion to withdraw and to…