Pfeiffer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALEX LEONARD AZEVEDO, No. 2:21-cv-0187 KJM AC P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CHRISTIAN PFEIFFER, ACTING

WARDEN,

15 Respondent.

17 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. Before this court is respondent’s motion to dismiss pursuant to Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971). ECF No. 30. Petitioner subsequently submitted two letters to the court (ECF Nos. 33, 34), but neither addressed the content of the motion to dismiss. He filed neither an opposition nor a statement of non-opposition to the motion, and the period within which to do so has long since passed. Pursuant to Local Rule 230(l), the court deems petitioner’s failure to respond as a waiver of any opposition to the granting of the…