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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KESHAWN THOMAS, No. 1:21-cv-01571-ADA-HBK (HC) Petitioner, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING

KELLY SANTORO, Warden, PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS, DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

Respondent. TO CLOSE CASE, AND DECLINING TO

ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

16 (Doc. Nos. 1, 8)

18 Petitioner Keshawn Thomas is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus brought 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 April 15, 2022, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that the Court abstain from exercising jurisdiction and dismiss the petition without prejudice because petitioner’s state court appeal was still pending before the California Supreme Court. (Doc. No. 8.) Those findings and recommendations were…