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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JACKIE EDWARD JOHNSON, No. 2:21-cv-1370 KJM DB P Petitioner, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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LANDON BIRD, Warden,1 Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner alleges that he is entitled to habeas relief because his right to a speedy trial was violated, he received ineffective assistance of counsel, there was prosecutorial misconduct, and the jury was improperly instructed. (ECF No. 1.) Presently before the court is respondent’s fully briefed motion to dismiss. (ECF No. 13.) //// //// 24 1 Counsel for respondent notes in the motion to dismiss that the current warden of Valley State 25 Prison, where petitioner is presently housed, is Landon Bird. (ECF No. 13 at 1 fn.1.) Accordingly, the court will direct the Clerk of Court to substitute Warden Raythel Fisher’s name 26 with that of Warden Landon Bird’s in the case…