(HC)Thomas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PRENTICE RAY THOMAS, Case No. 1:23-cv-00489-JLT-CDB (HC)

Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS; DENYING

v. PETITIONER’S APPLICATION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND

SCOTT DEGOUGH, ET AL., DISMISSING THIS CASE

Respondents. (Doc. 9)

17 18 On May 23, 2023, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations to dismiss Petitioner’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition and deny his motion to proceed in forma pauperis, finding that the claims raised are properly cognizable under 42 U.S.C § 1983 and that Petitioner had already filed a parallel § 1983 case. (Docs. 1, 7). The Court served the findings and recommendations on Petitioner and gave him 14-days to file objections thereto. As of the date of this Order, no objections have been filed. The findings and recommendations advised Petitioner that “failure to file objections within the specified time may result in the waiver of rights on appeal.”…