Bonta

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DAVID DANIEL CEPEDA, Case No. 2:23-cv-02014-DAD-JDP (HC) 12 Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 13 v. THAT THIS ACTION BE DISMISSED FOR

FAILURE TO STATE A VIABLE FEDERAL

14 ROB BONTA, HABEAS CLAIM 15 Respondent. ECF No. 7 16 17 Petitioner, a former state prisoner proceeding without counsel, seeks a writ of habeas 18 corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. I found his previous petition deficient because it was time-barred 19 and because his claims related to being placed on a sex-offender registry were non-cognizable for 20 the purposes of § 2254. ECF No. 6. The amended petition, ECF No. 7, suffers from the same 21 defects, and I now recommend this action be dismissed. 22 The petition is before me for preliminary review under Rule 4 of the Rules Governing 23 Section 2254 Cases. Under Rule 4, the judge assigned to the habeas proceeding must examine 24 the habeas petition and order a response to the petition unless it “plainly appears” that the…