Munoz v. Madden
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ORDER adopting re 21 Report and Recommendation, Denying Petition, and Denying Certificate of Appealability. Signed by Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo on 8/29/2017. (All non-registered users served via U.S. Mail Service)(acc) (sjt).
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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ARMANDO MUNOZ,
Case No.: 16cv2447-CAB-NLS
Plaintiff,
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v.
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ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATION, DENYING
PETITION, AND DENYING
CERTIFICATE OF
APPEALABILITY
RAYMOND MADDEN,
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Defendant.
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On September 28, 2016, Petitioner Armando Munoz (“Petitioner”), a state prisoner
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proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus
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pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, [Doc. No. 1.] On June 1, 2017, Respondent filed an answer
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to the petition and lodged the state court record. [Doc. Nos. 16, 17.] On July 28, 2017,
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Petitioner filed a traverse. [Doc. No. 20.]
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On August 4, 2017, Magistrate Judge Nita L. Stormes issued a Report and
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Recommendation (“Report”), recommending that the Court deny the Petition. [Doc. No.
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21.] The Report also ordered that any objections were to be filed by August 25, 2017.
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[Report at 6.] To date, no objection has been filed, nor has there been a request for
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additional time in which to file an objection.
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A district court’s duties concerning a magistrate judge’s report and
recommendation and a respondent’s objections thereto are set forth in Rule 72(b) of the
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Federal rules of Civil Procedure and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). When no objections are
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filed, the district court is not required to review the magistrate judge’s report and
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recommendation. The Court reviews de novo those portions of the Report and
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Recommendation to which objections are made. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). The Court may
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“accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by
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the magistrate judge.” Id. However, “[t]he statute makes it clear that the district judge
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must review the magistrate judge's findings and recommendations de novo if objection is
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made, but not otherwise.” United States v. Reyna–Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th
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Cir.2003) (en banc) (emphasis in original). “Neither the Constitution nor the statute
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requires a district judge to review, de novo, findings and recommendations that the
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parties themselves accept as correct.” Id.
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Here, neither party has timely filed objections to the Report. Having reviewed it,
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the Court finds that it is thorough, well-reasoned, and contains no clear error.
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Accordingly, the Court HEREBY ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Stormes’ Report and
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Recommendation [Doc. No. 21] in its entirety. For the reasons stated in the Report,
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which is incorporated herein by reference, the Court DENIES the Petition. [Doc. No. 1.]
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Moreover, because the Court does not believe that reasonable jurists would find the
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Court’s assessment of the constitutional claims debatable or wrong it DECLINES to
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issue a Certificate of Appealability. See Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000).
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: August 29, 2017
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