Pollard

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KENNETH L. FAULKNER, No. 1:20-cv-01748-NONE-HBK Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING

v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS, DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

M. POLLARD, TO ASSIGN DISTRICT JUDGE AND CLOSE

CASE, AND DECLINING TO ISSUE

Respondent. CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY (Doc. Nos. 1, 6) 17 Petitioner Kenneth L. Faulkner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1.) 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 March 9, 2021, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that the petition be dismissed as an unauthorized successive petition. (Doc. No. 6.) The findings and recommendations were served on petitioner at his address of record and 24 …