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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TION ALONZO HILL, No. 2:17-cv-02200-TLN-AC Petitioner, v. ORDER ERIC ARNOLD, Warden, Respondent. 16 This matter is before the Court on Petitioner Tion Alonzo Hill’s (“Petitioner”) First Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (ECF Nos. 1, 11.) Respondent Eric Arnold (“Respondent”) filed an answer to the amended petition (ECF No. 19), and Petitioner filed an opposition/traverse to the answer (ECF No. 26). For the reasons discussed herein, the amended petition is DENIED. /// /// 24 Also known as: Tion Alonzo Grimmett Hill, Sr.

The Court granted Petitioner’s motion to file an amended petition to add one additionally 26 exhausted claim on October 8, 2019. (ECF No. 16.) Rather than a standalone filing, the amended petition (ECF No. 11) merely refers to the original petition with respect to the legal arguments in support of Petitioner’s first five claims. To the extent such arguments…