Santoro

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 KENNETH HAWKINS, No. 2:23-CV-0641-DMC-P 12 Petitioner,

ORDER

13 v. and 14 KELLY SANTORO,

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

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 Respondent’s motion to 19 dismiss this petition as containing an unexhausted claim and a claim that is not cognizable, ECF 20 No. 13. Respondent has lodged portions of the state court record in support of the motion to 21 dismiss, ECF No. 14. Petitioner has filed an opposition, ECF No. 15. Respondent has filed a 22 reply, ECF No. 16. 23 24 I. BACKGROUND 25 Petitioner was convicted in the Sacramento County Superior Court for human 26 trafficking, pimping, and pandering. See ECF No. 14-1. On October 16, 2020, Petitioner was 27 sentenced to a determinate state prison term of twenty years. See id. On March 2, 2022, 28 Petitioner’s conviction and…