Villarreal

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EDWARD N. THOMAS, No. 2:21-cv-00216-TLN-CKD Petitioner, v. ORDER LYDIA A. VILLARREAL, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus. 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 April 1, 2021, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations herein which were served on Petitioner and which contained notice to Petitioner that objections to the findings and recommendations could be filed. Petitioner has not filed objections to the findings and recommendations and the time for filing objections has expired. The Court presumes that any findings of fact are correct. See Orand v. United States, 602 F.2d 207, 208 (9th Cir. 1979). The magistrate judge’s conclusions of law are reviewed de novo. See Britt v. Simi Valley Unified School Dist., 708 F.2d 452, 454 (9th Cir. 1983). …