Covello

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ELMAR K. SCOTT, Case No. 1:20-cv-01297-AWI-EPG-HC

Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATION, DISMISSING

v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS, DENYING PETITIONER’S

COVELLO, REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF TIME,

DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO

Respondent. CLOSE CASE, AND DECLINING TO

ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY

(ECF No. 12, 15)

17 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On October 7, 2020, the Magistrate Judge issued Findings and Recommendation that recommended dismissing the petition as an unauthorized successive petition. (ECF No. 12). On November 6, 2020, Petitioner filed timely objections to the Findings and Recommendation in addition to a request for an extension of time to file a response to the Findings and Recommendation in order to submit an application…