(HC) Hernandez v. Sisto, No. 1:2008cv00626 - Document 13 (E.D. Cal. 2009)

Court Description: ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS and RECOMMENDATIONS 12 IN FULL; DENYING Petition; DIRECTING Clerk to Enter Judgment for Respondent; DECLINING to Issue a Certificate of Appealability, signed by District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill on 2/19/2009. CASE CLOSED. (Jessen, A)

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(HC) Hernandez v. Sisto Doc. 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 ENRIQUE RODRIGUEZ HERNANDEZ, 10 11 1:08-cv-00626 LJO SMS HC Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION, DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO ENTER JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF RESPONDENT, AND DECLINING TO ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY v. 12 D.K. SISTO, 13 Respondent. 14 / [Doc. 12] 15 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus 16 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 17 On January 5, 2009, the Magistrate Judge issued Findings and Recommendation that the 18 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus be DENIED. This Findings and Recommendation was 19 served on all parties and contained notice that any objections were to be filed within thirty (30) 20 days of the date of service of the order. Over thirty (30) days have passed and no party has filed 21 objections. 22 In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636 (b)(1)(C), this Court has conducted 23 a de novo review of the case. Having carefully reviewed the entire file, the Court finds that the 24 Findings and Recommendation is supported by the record and proper analysis. 25 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 26 1. The Findings and Recommendation issued January 5, 2009, is ADOPTED IN 27 FULL; 28 1 Dockets.Justia.com 1 2. The Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is DENIED; 2 3. The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to enter judgment for Respondent; and, 3 4. the court declines to issue a Certificate of Appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c); 4 Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000) (a COA should be granted where 5 the applicant has made “a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional 6 right,” i.e., when “reasonable jurists would find the district court’s assessment of 7 the constitutional claims debatable or wrong”; Hoffman v. Arave, 455 F.3d 926, 8 943 (9th Cir. 2006) (same). In the present case, the Court finds that reasonable 9 jurists would not find it debatable that the state courts’ decision denying 10 Petitioner’s petition for writ of habeas corpus were not “objectively 11 unreasonable.” 12 IT IS SO ORDERED. 13 Dated: b9ed48 February 19, 2009 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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