Contreras-Rebollar v. Key

Filing 61

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS by Judge Benjamin H. Settle re 56 Report and Recommendations. **2 PAGE(S), PRINT ALL**(Adrian Contreras-Rebollar, Prisoner ID: 819639)(TG)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT TACOMA

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ADRIAN CONTRERAS-REBOLLAR,
Petitioner,

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v.

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CASE NO. C15-5471 BHS
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT
AND RECOMMENDATION

JAMES KEY,

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Respondent.

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This matter comes before the Court on the Report and Recommendation (“R&R”)

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of the Honorable J. Richard Creatura, United States Magistrate Judge. Dkt. 19. The Court

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having considered the R&R and the remaining record, and no objections having been

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filed, does hereby find and order as follows:

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(1)

The R&R is ADOPTED;

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(2)

Petitioner has failed to demonstrate that the state court’s conclusion

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regarding his Sixth Amendment right to counsel of choice was contrary to, or an

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unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law. Accordingly, petitioner is not

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entitled to relief on this ground and his petition is dismissed;

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(3)

A certificate of appealability is DENIED; and

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(4)

This case is closed.

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Dated this 25th day of August, 2017.

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BENJAMIN H. SETTLE
United States District Judge

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ORDER - 2