Cates

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ASCENCION GOMEZ, No. 1:23-cv-01001-JLT-EPG (HC) Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING

v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS, DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

BRIAN CATES, TO CLOSE CASE, AND DECLINING TO

ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

Respondent. (Doc. 6) 16 Ascencion Gomez 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 August 2, 2023, the magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that the petition for writ of habeas corpus be dismissed for failure to state a cognizable claim for federal habeas relief. (Doc. 6.) The findings and recommendations were served on the parties and contained notice that any objections thereto were to be filed within thirty days after…