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9 10 MELKEAN A. HUFF, Case No. 2:23-cv-04831-GW-SSC 11 Petitioner, ORDER ACCEPTING 12 v. FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF 13 T. JOHNSON, Warden, UNITED STATES 14 Respondent. MAGISTRATE JUDGE AND DENYING CERTIFICATE OF 15 APPEALABILITY 16 17 Pursuant to

the Court has reviewed the petition, 18 all of the records herein, and the Report and Recommendation of United 19 States Magistrate Judge to which no objections were filed. The Court 20 accepts the findings and conclusions of the Magistrate Judge in the 21 Report and Recommendation. 22 IT IS ORDERED that judgment be entered denying the petition 23 and dismissing this action with prejudice. 24 Further, the Court finds that Petitioner has not made a 25 substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right or that the 26 court erred in its procedural ruling and, therefore, a certificate of 27 appealability will not issue in this action. See

(c)(2); 1 | Fed. R. App. P. 22(b); Miller-El v. Cockrell,

(2008); 2 | Slack v. McDaniel,

(2000). 3 DATED: August 6, 2025 A arg Ny, Li

6 HONORABLE GEORGE H. WU UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 9 10 1] 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28