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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BENJAMIN CASTRO, No. 1:20-cv-01365-DAD-SAB (HC) Petitioner, AMENDED ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS

AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND

v. DISMISSING PETITION FOR WRIT OF

HABEAS CORPUS

LEPE, (Doc. No. 5) Respondent. 16 Petitioner Benjamin Castro is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. This matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C) and Local Rule 302. On November 5, 2020, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that the petition be dismissed because petitioner’s challenges to various COVID-19 restrictions in place at his institution of incarceration do not present a cognizable claim for federal habeas relief. (Doc. No. 5.) The findings and recommendations were served on petitioner and contained notice that any objections were to be filed within thirty (30) days of the…