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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICK L. HICKS, No. 1:20-cv-01523-NONE-SAB-HC Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATION, GRANTING

v. RESPONDENT’S MOTION TO DISMISS,

DISMISSING PETITION FOR WRIT OF

BRANDON PRICE, HABEAS CORPUS, DIRECTING CLERK OF

COURT TO ASSIGN DISTRICT JUDGE

Respondent. AND CLOSE CASE, AND DECLINING TO

ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY (Doc. Nos. 6, 14) 18 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. This matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On June 14, 2021, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendation that recommended granting respondent’s motion to dismiss and dismissing the petition as untimely. (Doc. No. 14.) The findings and recommendation…