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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TOMMY PONCE SR., No. 1:22-cv-00978-KES-SAB (HC) Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING

v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS, DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

PATRICK COVELLO, TO CLOSE CASE, AND DECLINING TO

ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

Respondent. (ECF No. 24) 16 17 Tommy Ponce Sr. (“Petitioner”) 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 December 4, 2023, the Magistrate Judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that the petition for writ of habeas corpus be denied. (ECF No. 24.) The findings and recommendations were served on the parties and contained notice that any objections were to be filed within thirty (30) days of the date of service of the findings and…