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Parties Involved:
Stu Sherman
Respondent
Tou Christmas Thao
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TOU CHRISTMAS THAO,

Petitioner,

v.

STU SHERMAN,

Respondent.

No. 2:18-cv-03178 MCE AC P

ORDER

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

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. The matter was referred to a United States 

Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302.

On November 20, 2019, the magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations herein 

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

the findings and recommendations were to be filed within fourteen days. ECF No. 8. Petitioner 

has not filed objections to the findings and recommendations.

The court has reviewed the file and finds the findings and recommendations to be 

supported by the record and by the magistrate judge’s analysis. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that:

1. The findings and recommendations issued November 20, 2019 (ECF No. 8) are 

ADOPTED in full, and

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2. The petition (ECF No. 1) is DISMISSED as duplicative of Thao v. Sherman, No. 2:17-

cv-2396 MCE AC P.

3. The court declines to issue the certificate of appealability referenced in 28 U.S.C. § 

2253.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 4, 2020

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