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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KENNETH O. OWENS, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA, et al., 

Respondents. 

No. 2:15-cv-01286 KJM GGH 

ORDER 

 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 

corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge as 

provided by 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Eastern District of California Local Rule 302. 

 On October 31, 2016, the magistrate judge filed Findings and Recommendations, which 

were served on petitioner and which contained notice that any objections to the findings and 

recommendations were to be filed within fourteen days. ECF No. 18. Petitioner has not filed 

objections to the findings and recommendations. 

 The court presumes that any findings of fact are correct. See Orand v. United States, 602 

F.2d 207, 208 (9th Cir. 1979). The magistrate judge’s conclusions of law are reviewed de novo. 

See Britt v. Simi Valley Unified School Dist., 708 F.2d 452, 454 (9th Cir. 1983). Having reviewed 

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the file, the court finds the findings and recommendations to be supported by the record and by 

the proper analysis. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. The findings and recommendations filed October 31, 2016, are adopted in full; 

 2. The court grants petitioner a stay and holds his filed petition in abeyance until the 

pending state court exhaustion proceedings have been completed; and 

3. The Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this order, the form Consent to Proceed 

Before a United States Magistrate Judge, and a copy of the petition for writ of habeas corpus 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on Michael Patrick Farrell, Senior Assistant Attorney General. 

DATED: January 5, 2017. 

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