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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MONRELL D. MURPHY, No. 1:20-cv-01300-DAD-SAB (HC) Petitioner, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DENYING

RALPH DIAZ, PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS

Respondent. (Doc. No. 21) 16 Petitioner Monrell D. Murphy is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 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 19, 2021, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that the pending petition for federal habeas relief, in which petitioner asserts that his due process rights were violated when he was denied the right to call a certain witness at his prison disciplinary hearing (Doc. No. 1), be denied on the merits. (Doc. No. 21.) Specifically, the magistrate judge found that “the state court’s denial…