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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ERIC ARGUELLO, No. 1:18-cv-00383-DAD-HBK (HC) Petitioner, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DENYING

W. L. MUNIZ, PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS Respondent. (Doc. Nos. 40, 22-1)

17 Petitioner Eric Arguello is a state prisoner proceeding with counsel and in forma pauperis with a petition for writ of habeas corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. This matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On June 15, 2020, the then-assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that petitioner’s amended petition for federal habeas relief (Doc. No. 22-1) be denied on the merits. (Doc. No. 40.) Specifically, the magistrate judge found that: (1) the state appellate court’s rejection of petitioner’s claim on direct appeal that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction of…