Zerahaimanot v. Obenland

Filing 6

ORDER REJECTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION; ORDER OF REFERENCE by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. The Court rejects the Report and Recommendation as moot and hereby re-refers this matter to Judge Donohue, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B), Local Rule MJR 4, and Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b), for any further proceedings he deems necessary. (SG)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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TSEGAZEAB ZERAHAIMANOT,
Plaintiff,

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NO. C15-1719RSL
v.

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MIKE OBENLAND,
Defendant.

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ORDER REJECTING REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATION; ORDER OF
REFERENCE

Petitioner filed a habeas petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Dkt. # 1. On November

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2, 2015, the Honorable James P. Donohue, United States Magistrate Judge, issued an order

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granting leave for petitioner to file a signature page for the petition or verification by counsel

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within 20 days. Dkt. # 2. Petitioner did not correct the deficiency, and Judge Donohue therefore

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recommended that petitioner’s federal habeas petition be dismissed. Dkt. # 3 (Report and

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Recommendation). Petitioner, through his counsel, objected to Judge Donohue’s Report and

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Recommendation. Dkt. # 4. Counsel explained that he had erred but had since corrected the

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deficiency by filing petitioner’s verification. Id.; Dkt. # 5. The Court therefore rejects the

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Report and Recommendation as moot and hereby re-refers this matter to Judge Donohue,

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pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B), Local Rule MJR 4, and Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b), for any

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further proceedings he deems necessary.

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ORDER - 1

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DATED this 6th day of January, 2016.

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Robert S. Lasnik
United States District Judge

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ORDER - 2