Santoro

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KENNETH HAWKINS, No. 2:23-CV-0641-DMC-P Petitioner,

ORDER

v. and KELLY SANTORO,

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Pending before the Court is Respondent’s motion to dismiss this petition as containing an unexhausted claim and a claim that is not cognizable, ECF No. 13. Respondent has lodged portions of the state court record in support of the motion to dismiss, ECF No. 14. Petitioner has filed an opposition, ECF No. 15. Respondent has filed a reply, ECF No. 16. 23 I. BACKGROUND Petitioner was convicted in the Sacramento County Superior Court for human trafficking, pimping, and pandering. See ECF No. 14-1. On October 16, 2020, Petitioner was sentenced to a determinate state prison term of twenty years. See id. On March 2, 2022, Petitioner’s conviction and…