Barnes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DERRICK JOHNSON, Case No. 1:21-cv-00177-SAB-HC

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION

RECOMMENDING DISMISSAL OF

v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS

STEVEN D. BARNES, (ECF Nos. 1, 6) Respondent.

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

TO RANDOMLY ASSIGN DISTRICT

JUDGE

17 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. I. BACKGROUND On January 29, 2021, Petitioner commenced the instant proceeding by filing a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Sacramento Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. (ECF No. 1). On February 3, 2021, the petition was transferred to this Court. (ECF No. 3). On February 4, 2021, the Court received another petition that is almost identical to the initial petition. (ECF No. 6). Here, Petitioner challenges his…