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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 KEVIN DUANE HICKMAN, No. 2:22-CV-1825-DAD-DMC-P 12 Petitioner,

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

13 v. 14 UNKNOWN, 15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this petition for a writ of 18 habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Pending before the Court is Petitioner’s [amended] 19 petition for a writ of habeas corpus, ECF No. 1. 20 Rule 4 of the Federal Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases provides for summary 21 dismissal of a habeas petition “[i]f it plainly appears from the face of the petition and any exhibits 22 annexed to it that the petitioner is not entitled to relief in the district court.” In the instant case, it 23 is plain that Petitioner is not entitled to federal habeas relief. 24 In the petition, Petitioner states that he was convicted in 2016 of kidnapping of a 25 child, forcible rape of a child, and criminal threats. See ECF No. 1, pg. 2. Petitioner states he 26 was sentenced to 100 years to life in state prison. …