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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 TOMMY PONCE SR., No. 1:22-cv-00978-KES-SAB (HC) 12 Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING

13 v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS, DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

14 PATRICK COVELLO, TO CLOSE CASE, AND DECLINING TO

ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

15 Respondent. (ECF No. 24) 16 17 18 Tommy Ponce Sr. (“Petitioner”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for 19 writ of habeas corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. This matter was referred to a United 20 States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. 21 On December 4, 2023, the Magistrate Judge issued findings and recommendations 22 recommending that the petition for writ of habeas corpus be denied. (ECF No. 24.) The findings 23 and recommendations were served on the parties and contained notice that any objections were to 24 be filed within thirty (30) days of the date of service of the findings and…