Merlak

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 TAYFUN KARAUZUM, No. 1:19-cv-01190-DAD-HBK (HC) Petitioner, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

STEVEN “MIKE” MERLAK, (Doc. No. 12) Respondent.

15 Petitioner Tayfun Karauzum is a former federal prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On May 12, 2020, the then-assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that the pending petition be dismissed as moot because petitioner had been released from custody and placed on home confinement as of December 11, 2019. (Doc. No. 12.) The pending findings and recommendations were served on petitioner at his address of record and contained notice that any objections thereto were to be filed within thirty (30) days of service. (Id. at 3.) On May…