(HC) Matthews v. Fisher, No. 1:2008cv01691 - Document 23 (E.D. Cal. 2009)
Court Description: FINDINGS and RECOMMENDATIONS signed by Magistrate Judge Dennis L. Beck on 2/13/2009 regarding 17 MOTION to DISMISS filed by Susan Fisher. Referred to Judge Oliver W. Wanger, Objections to F&R due by 3/18/2009. (Lundstrom, T)
Download PDF
<![CDATA[
(HC) Matthews v. Fisher Doc. 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 IVAN MATTHEWS, 10 11 1:08-cv-01691-OWW-DLB HC Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION REGARDING RESPONDENT’S MOTION TO DISMISS v. 12 [Doc. 17] SUSAN FISHER, et. al., 13 Respondent. 14 / 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 BACKGROUND 18 On March 17, 2006, the Board of Parole Hearings’ (“Board”) found Petitioner unsuitable 19 for parole. On August 23, 2006, Petitioner filed a state habeas corpus petition in the Kings 20 County Superior Court raising several challenges to the Board’s decision. The Kings County 21 Superior Court forwarded the petition to the Los Angeles County Superior Court, which received 22 the petition on September 11, 2006. (Exhibit 2, to Motion, April 19, 2007 Los Angeles County 23 Order.) The court ordered Petitioner to serve a copy of the petition on the Attorney’s General 24 Office as required by California Penal Code section 1475. (Id.) The court specifically ordered 25 that Petitioner lodge a complete copy of the petition including exhibits with the court clerk for 26 service on the Attorney General’s Office. (Id.) 27 Upon receiving a copy of Petitioner’s petition and exhibits, the court ordered Petitioner to 28 1 Dockets.Justia.com 1 submit a copy of the complete transcript of the March 17, 2006 parole hearing. (Exhibit 3, June 2 1, 2007 Los Angeles County Order.) Petitioner submitted the transcript and the superior court 3 served a copy of the petition on the Attorney General’s Office on June 25, 2007. (Exhibits 5, 6.) 4 On August 22, 2007, the superior court denied the petition in a reasoned decision. (Exhibit 6.) 5 On October 18, 2007, Petitioner filed a state petition for writ of habeas corpus in the 6 California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District. (Exhibit 7.) The court denied the petition 7 on November 9, 2007, citing In re Rosenkrantz, 29 Cal.4th 616, 667 (2002). (Exhibit 8.) 8 Petitioner then proceeded to petition the California Supreme Court on March 24, 2008. (Exhibit 9 9.) The petition was denied on August 27, 2008, with citation to People v. Duvall, 9 Cal.4th 464, 10 474 (1995). (Exhibit 10.) 11 Petitioner filed the instant federal petition for writ of habeas corpus on October 13, 2008. 12 (Court Doc. 1.) Respondent filed the instant motion to dismiss on January 16, 2009, and 13 Petitioner filed oppositions on February 2 and 4, 2009, both appear to be an exact copy. (Court 14 Docs. 17, 18, 20.) Respondent filed a reply on February 9, 2009. (Court Doc. 22.) 15 16 17 DISCUSSION A. Procedural Grounds for Motion to Dismiss Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases allows a district court to dismiss a 18 petition if it “plainly appears from the petition and any attached exhibits that the petitioner is not 19 entitled to relief in the district court . . . .” Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases. 20 The Ninth Circuit has allowed respondents to file a motion to dismiss in lieu of an answer 21 if the motion attacks the pleadings for failing to exhaust state remedies or being in violation of 22 the state’s procedural rules. See e.g., O’Bremski v. Maass, 915 F.2d 418, 420 (9th Cir. 1990) 23 (using Rule 4 to evaluate motion to dismiss petition for failure to exhaust state remedies); White 24 v. Lewis, 874 F.2d 599, 602-03 (9th Cir. 1989) (using Rule 4 as procedural grounds to review 25 motion to dismiss for state procedural default); Hillery v. Pulley, 533 F.Supp. 1189, 1194 & n.12 26 (E.D. Cal. 1982) (same). Thus, a respondent can file a motion to dismiss after the court orders a 27 response, and the Court should use Rule 4 standards to review the motion. See Hillery, 533 F. 28 Supp. at 1194 & n. 12. 2 1 In this case, Respondent's motion to dismiss is based on a violation of 28 U.S.C. § 2 2244(d)(1)'s one-year limitations period and 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b)(1)(A)’s failure to exhaust the 3 state court remedies. Therefore, the Court will review Respondent’s motion to dismiss pursuant 4 to its authority under Rule 4. 5 B. 6 Limitation Period for Filing a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus On April 24, 1996, Congress enacted the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act 7 of 1996 (AEDPA). The AEDPA imposes various requirements on all petitions for writ of habeas 8 corpus filed after the date of its enactment. Lindh v. Murphy, 521 U.S. 320, 117 S.Ct. 2059, 9 2063 (1997); Jeffries v. Wood, 114 F.3d 1484, 1499 (9th Cir. 1997) (en banc), cert. denied, 118 10 S.Ct. 586 (1997). The instant petition was filed on October 22, 2008, and thus, it is subject to the 11 provisions of the AEDPA. 12 The AEDPA imposes a one year period of limitation on petitioners seeking to file a 13 federal petition for writ of habeas corpus. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1). As amended, Section 2244, 14 subdivision (d) reads: 15 16 17 (1) A 1-year period of limitation shall apply to an application for a writ of habeas corpus by a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court. The limitation period shall run from the latest of – (A) the date on which the judgment became final by the conclusion of direct review or the expiration of the time for seeking such review; 18 19 (B) the date on which the impediment to filing an application created by State action in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States is removed, if the applicant was prevented from filing by such State action; 20 21 22 23 (C) the date on which the constitutional right asserted was initially recognized by the Supreme Court, if the right has been newly recognized by the Supreme Court and made retroactively applicable to cases on collateral review; or (D) the date on which the factual predicate of the claim or claims presented could have been discovered through the exercise of due diligence. 24 25 26 (2) The time during which a properly filed application for State postconviction or other collateral review with respect to the pertinent judgment or claim is pending shall not be counted toward any period of limitation under this subsection. 27 28 3 1 In most cases, the limitations period begins running on the date that the petitioner’s direct 2 review became final. In a situation such as this where the petitioner is challenging a parole board 3 decision, the Ninth Circuit has held that direct review is concluded and the statute of limitations 4 commences when the final administrative appeal is denied. See Redd v. McGrath, 343 F.3d 5 1077, 1079 (9th Cir.2003) (holding that § 2241(d)(1)(D) applies in the context of parole decisions 6 and that the Board of Prison Term’s denial of an inmate’s administrative appeal is the “factual 7 predicate” of the inmate’s claim that triggers the commencement of the limitations period). 8 In a situation such as this where the petitioner is challenging a parole board decision, the 9 Ninth Circuit has held that direct review is concluded and the statute of limitations commences 10 when the final administrative appeal is denied. See Redd v. McGrath, 343 F.3d 1077, 1079 (9th 11 Cir.2003) (holding that § 2241(d)(1)(D) applies in the context of parole decisions and that the 12 Board of Prison Term’s denial of an inmate’s administrative appeal is the “factual predicate” of 13 the inmate’s claim that triggers the commencement of the limitations period). 14 Respondent submits that the limitations period began to run on March 17, 2006, the date 15 the Board’s decision finding Petitioner unsuitable for parole became final, and Petitioner had 16 one-year thereafter to file a timely federal petition. Respondent’s argument is flawed. 17 At the time the Redd decision was rendered, September 11, 2003, California prisoners 18 could contest the Board’s adverse parole decision by filing an administrative appeal from the 19 final decision of the Board. See Cal. Code Regs. tit. 15, § 2050 et seq. (2003). However, on 20 May 1, 2004, the administrative appeal process was repealed and abolished. See Cal. Code Regs. 21 tit. 15, § 2050 et seq. (2004). 22 Now, a parole consideration hearing decision, such as the March 17, 2006 decision in this 23 instance, is considered a proposed decision until it passes through a decision review process. 24 Cal. Code Regs., tit. 15, § 2041(h). All proposed decisions become final within 120 days unless 25 the Board finds an error of law, the decision was based on an error of fact, or if new information 26 when corrected or considered by the Board has a substantial likelihood of resulting in a 27 substantially different decision on rehearing. Id.; Cal. Penal Code § 3041(b) (“any decision of 28 the parole panel finding an inmate suitable for parole shall become final within 120 days of the 4 1 date of the hearing. During that period, the board may review the panel’s decision.”) 2 Accordingly, here, the Board’s adverse decision rendered on March 17, 2006, was merely 3 a proposed decision that did not become final until 120 days thereafter, on July 15, 2006. (See 4 Exhibit 1, to Motion, March 17, 2006 Decision of Board, at 69.) Thus, the factual predicate of 5 Petitioner’s claim accrued on this date, which is the date the Board’s decision became final. The 6 statute of limitations began to run the next day, July 16, 2006, and Petitioner had one-year 7 thereafter to file a timely petition, i.e. July 16, 2007. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(D); Shelby v. 8 Bartlett, 391 F.3d 1061, 1066 (9th Cir. 2004). 9 C. 10 Tolling of the Limitation Period Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(2) Title 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(2) states that the “time during which a properly filed 11 application for State post-conviction or other collateral review with respect to the pertinent 12 judgment or claim is pending shall not be counted toward” the one year limitation period. 28 13 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(2). In Carey v. Saffold, the Supreme Court held the statute of limitations is 14 tolled where a petitioner is properly pursuing post-conviction relief, and the period is tolled 15 during the intervals between one state court's disposition of a habeas petition and the filing of a 16 habeas petition at the next level of the state court system. 536 U.S. 214, 215 (2002); see also 17 Nino v. Galaza, 183 F.3d 1003, 1006 (9th Cir. 1999), cert. denied, 120 S.Ct. 1846 (2000). 18 Nevertheless, state petitions will only toll the one-year statute of limitations under § 2244(d)(2) if 19 the state court explicitly states that the post-conviction petition was timely or was filed within a 20 reasonable time under state law. Pace v. DiGuglielmo, 544 U.S. 408 (2005); Evans v. Chavis, 21 546 U.S. 189 (2006). Claims denied as untimely or determined by the federal courts to have been 22 untimely in state court will not satisfy the requirements for statutory tolling. Id. 23 Petitioner filed a state habeas corpus petition in the Kings County Superior Court on 24 August 23, 2006. The Kings County Superior Court forwarded the petition to the Los Angeles 25 County Superior Court, which received the petition on September 11, 2006. (Exhibit 2, April 19, 26 2007, Los Angeles County Order.) On April 19, 2007, the court directed Petitioner to serve a 27 copy of the petition on the Office of the Attorney General and the failure to do so would result in 28 the dismissal of the petition. (Id.) The court also extended time to rule on the matter. (Id.) On 5 1 June 1, 2007, the court directed Petitioner to submit a complete copy of the transcripts of his 2 parole hearing and held the petition in abeyance. (Exhibit 3.) After Petitioner submitted a copy 3 of the transcripts, the superior court served a copy of the petition on the Attorney General’s 4 Office. (Exhibit 5.) On August 22, 2007, the superior court denied the petition in a reasoned 5 decision. (Exhibit 6.) The California Court of Appeal denied the petition on November 9, 2007, 6 and the California Supreme Court denied the petition on August 27, 2008. (Exhibits 8, 10.) 7 Respondent argues that the state court petition filed in the Los Angeles County Superior 8 Court was not properly filed and does not serve to toll the limitations period under section 9 2244(d)(2). Respondent specifically argues that the Superior Court did not properly filed his 10 state habeas petition until June 25, 2007, because the previous submissions were not properly 11 filed, but had curable deficiencies. Respondent’s argument is not persuasive. 12 Contrary to Respondent’s argument, the Los Angeles County Superior Court accepted 13 and filed the state court petition on August 23, 2006, in case number BH 004250. (See Exhibits 14 2 & 3, to Motion.) On April 19, 2007, the Superior Court merely ordered Petitioner to serve a 15 copy of the petition on the Office of the Attorney General or the petition would be dismissed. 16 (Exhibit 2.) Then, on June 1, 2007, the Superior Court directed Petitioner to submit a complete 17 copy of the transcripts and held the petition in abeyance. (Exhibit 3.) Thereafter, the Court 18 denied the petition on the merits on August 22, 2007. (Exhibit 6.) 19 Respondent presents no solid authority for the proposition that the state court petition was 20 not “properly filed” in the Los Angeles Superior Court in this instance. In fact, the single case 21 cited by Respondent, Artuz v. Bennett, 531 U.S. 4 (2000) deals with petitions that a court 22 erroneously deems improperly filed based on a procedural default, not petitions that may be 23 deemed improperly filed for failure to serve the opposing party or failure to submit a copy of the 24 complete record. 25 This case is more analogous to the circumstances present in Gaston v. Palmer, 417 F.3d 26 1030 (9th Cir. 2005). There, the Ninth Circuit found that a state court petition denied on the 27 ground that it did not pled the factual circumstances with sufficient particularity or “for lack of an 28 adequate record” were denials without prejudice and could not be deemed “improperly filed.” 6 1 417 F.3d at 1039. Likewise, here, notwithstanding the fact that the Superior Court never 2 dismissed the state court petition, the Court merely ordered that Petitioner serve a copy of the 3 petition on the Office of the Attorney General and submit a complete copy of the transcripts, both 4 of which were mere procedural flaws, not “a holding that the application was improperly filed.” 5 Id. Accordingly, Petitioner is entitled to statutory tolling from the date of filing-August 23, 2006 6 to August 22, 2007-the date the petition was denied. Therefore, at the time the first state court 7 petition was filed only 38 days of the one-year limitations had expired. In addition, there is no 8 basis before the Court to find that the subsequent state court petitions do not also serve to toll the 9 limitations period, and Petitioner is therefore entitled to interval and statutory tolling for the 10 entire time the two subsequent state court petitions were pending, i.e. August 22, 2007 through 11 August 27, 2008. With the benefit of this tolling, the instant petition filed on October 13, 2008 is 12 timely, and Respondent’s motion to dismiss on this basis should be denied.1 13 D. Exhaustion State Court Remedies 14 A petitioner who is in state custody and wishes to collaterally challenge his conviction by 15 a petition for writ of habeas corpus must exhaust state judicial remedies. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b)(1). 16 The exhaustion doctrine is based on comity to the state court and gives the state court the initial 17 opportunity to correct the state's alleged constitutional deprivations. Coleman v. Thompson, 501 18 U.S. 722, 731, 111 S.Ct. 2546, 2554-55 (1991); Rose v. Lundy, 455 U.S. 509, 518, 102 S.Ct. 19 1198, 1203 (1982); Buffalo v. Sunn, 854 F.2d 1158, 1163 (9th Cir. 1988). 20 A petitioner can satisfy the exhaustion requirement by providing the highest state court 21 with a full and fair opportunity to consider each claim before presenting it to the federal court. 22 Picard v. Connor, 404 U.S. 270, 276, 92 S.Ct. 509, 512 (1971); Johnson v. Zenon, 88 F.3d 828, 23 829 (9th Cir. 1996). A federal court will find that the highest state court was given a full and fair 24 opportunity to hear a claim if the petitioner has presented the highest state court with the claim's 25 factual and legal basis. Duncan v. Henry, 513 U.S. 364, 365, 115 S.Ct. 887, 888 (1995) (legal 26 basis); Kenney v. Tamayo-Reyes, 504 U.S. 1, 112 S.Ct. 1715, 1719 (1992) (factual basis). 27 1 28 In light of the timeliness of the petition given the applicable statutory tolling, the Court need not address any argument for equitable tolling. 7 1 Additionally, the petitioner must have specifically told the state court that he was raising a 2 federal constitutional claim. Duncan, 513 U.S. at 365-66, 115 S.Ct. at 888; Keating v. Hood, 133 3 F.3d 1240, 1241 (9th Cir.1998). For example, if a petitioner wishes to claim that the trial court 4 violated his due process rights “he must say so, not only in federal court but in state court.” 5 Duncan, 513 U.S. at 366, 115 S.Ct. at 888. A general appeal to a constitutional guarantee is 6 insufficient to present the "substance" of such a federal claim to a state court. See Anderson v. 7 Harless, 459 U.S. 4, 7, 103 S.Ct. 276 (1982) (Exhaustion requirement not satisfied circumstance 8 that the "due process ramifications" of an argument might be "self-evident."); Gray v. 9 Netherland, 518 U.S. 152, 162-63, 116 S.Ct. 1074 (1996) (“a claim for relief in habeas corpus 10 must include reference to a specific federal constitutional guarantee, as well as a statement of the 11 facts which entitle the petitioner to relief.”). 12 Additionally, the petitioner must have specifically told the state court that he was raising 13 a federal constitutional claim. Duncan, 513 U.S. at 365-66; Lyons v. Crawford, 232 F.3d 666, 14 669 (9th Cir.2000), amended, 247 F.3d 904 (2001); Hiivala v. Wood, 195 F.3d 1098, 1106 (9th 15 Cir.1999); Keating v. Hood, 133 F.3d 1240, 1241 (9th Cir.1998). In Duncan, the United States 16 Supreme Court reiterated the rule as follows: 17 18 19 20 21 In Picard v. Connor, 404 U.S. 270, 275 . . . (1971), we said that exhaustion of state remedies requires that petitioners "fairly presen[t]" federal claims to the state courts in order to give the State the "'opportunity to pass upon and correct alleged violations of the prisoners' federal rights" (some internal quotation marks omitted). If state courts are to be given the opportunity to correct alleged violations of prisoners' federal rights, they must surely be alerted to the fact that the prisoners are asserting claims under the United States Constitution. If a habeas petitioner wishes to claim that an evidentiary ruling at a state court trial denied him the due process of law guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment, he must say so, not only in federal court, but in state court. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Duncan, 513 U.S. at 365-366. The Ninth Circuit examined the rule further, stating: Our rule is that a state prisoner has not "fairly presented" (and thus exhausted) his federal claims in state court unless he specifically indicated to that court that those claims were based on federal law. See Shumway v. Payne, 223 F.3d 982, 987-88 (9th Cir. 2000). Since the Supreme Court's decision in Duncan, this court has held that the petitioner must make the federal basis of the claim explicit either by citing federal law or the decisions of federal courts, even if the federal basis is “self-evident," Gatlin v. Madding, 189 F.3d 882, 889 (9th Cir. 1999) (citing Anderson v. Harless, 459 U.S. 4, 7 . . . (1982), or the underlying claim would be decided under state law on the same considerations 8 1 2 3 4 that would control resolution of the claim on federal grounds. Hiivala v. Wood, 195 F3d 1098, 1106-07 (9th Cir. 1999); Johnson v. Zenon, 88 F.3d 828, 830-31 (9th Cir. 1996); . . . . In Johnson, we explained that the petitioner must alert the state court to the fact that the relevant claim is a federal one without regard to how similar the state and federal standards for reviewing the claim may be or how obvious the violation of federal law is. 5 6 7 Lyons v. Crawford, 232 F.3d 666, 668-669 (9th Cir. 2000) (italics added). Respondent argues that Petitioner failed to exhaust his state judicial remedies because his 8 petition to the California Supreme Court was denied for procedural reasons, namely, the failure 9 to state adequate grounds for relief and attach supporting documentation, citing People v. Duvall, 10 11 9 Cal.4th 464, 474 (1995). Respondent is correct. Duvall reiterates the requirement that an application for habeas corpus “should both (I) 12 state fully and with particularity the facts on which relief is sought, as well as (ii) include copies 13 of reasonably available documentary evidence supporting the claim, including pertinent portions 14 of trial transcripts and affidavits or declarations.” Duvall, 9 Cal.4th at 474 (citations omitted). 15 In Kim v. Villalobos, the Ninth Circuit considered a state court petition denied with a 16 citation to In re Swain, 34 Cal.2d 300 (1949), which stands for the proposition that a petitioner 17 has failed to state his claim with sufficient particularity. The court found that the state court’s 18 citation to Swain meant that the claims were unexhausted due to the pleadings defects. However, 19 the court stated that it was “incumbent” upon the district court, in determining whether the 20 federal standard of “fair presentation” of a claim to the state courts had been met, to 21 independently examine the petition presented to the California Supreme Court. Kim, 799 F.2d at 22 1320. “The mere recitation of In re Swain does not preclude such relief.” Id. 23 In the California Supreme Court, Petitioner raised several constitutional challenges to the 24 Board’s finding of unsuitability of parole at his hearing March 2006 hearing. (Exhibit 9, to 25 Motion.) Petitioner’s failure to submit a copy of the Board hearing transcript along with his 26 petition was sufficient justification for the state court to dismiss his petition under Duvall. 27 Because Petitioner could and should have alleged his claims with greater particularity by 28 submission of a copy of the transcript of his parole hearing, the state habeas corpus petition filed 9 1 in the California Supreme Court, did not satisfy the exhaustion requirement, and the instant 2 petition must be dismissed. Coleman v. Thompson, 501 U.S. at 731 (“This Court has long held 3 that a state prisoner’s federal habeas petition should be dismissed if the prisoner has not 4 exhausted state remedies as to any of his federal claims.”); Jiminez v. Rice, 276 F.3d 478, 481 5 (9th Cir. 2001) (“Once Rice moved for dismissal, the district court was ‘obliged to dismiss 6 immediately,’ as the petition contained no exhausted claims.”) Therefore, the instant petition is 7 unexhausted and must be dismissed. 8 In opposition, Petitioner requests that the Court stay the instant petition to allow him to 9 return to state court to exhaust his claims. In Rhines v. Weber, 544 U.S. 269, 277-278 (2005), 10 the Supreme Court held that a district court has discretion to stay a mixed petition to allow a 11 petitioner to present his unexhausted claims to the state court in the first instance and then to 12 return to federal court for review of his perfected petition. The Supreme Court noted that, while 13 the procedure should be “available only in limited circumstances,” it “likely would be an abuse 14 of discretion for a district court to deny a stay and to dismiss a mixed petition if the petitioner had 15 good cause for his failure to exhaust, his unexhausted claims are potentially meritorious, and 16 there is no indication that the petitioner engaged in intentionally dilatory litigation tactics.” Id. at 17 278. The basis of the ruling in Rhines was premised on the fact that the petition was “mixed” 18 containing both exhausted and unexhausted claims. 19 Here, the Court is not presented with a “mixed” petition; rather, the instant petition 20 contains only unexhausted claims. Therefore, the stay and abeyance procedure discussed in 21 Rhines does not apply. In addition, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals pre-Rhines stay and 22 abeyance procedure is likewise not applicable for the same reason. See Robbins v. Carey, 481 23 F.3d 1143, 1148 (9th Cir. 2007) (discussing the three-step-stay-and-abeyance procedure 24 applicable to “mixed” petitions.). Accordingly, Petitioner’s motion for a stay of the proceedings 25 should be denied. 26 RECOMMENDATION 27 Based on the foregoing, it is HEREBY RECOMMENDED that: 28 1. Respondent’s motion to dismiss the instant petition as time-barred under § 2244(d)(1) 10 1 be DENIED; 2 2. Respondent’s motion to dismiss the petition as unexhausted be GRANTED; 3 3. Petitioner’s request to stay the proceedings be DENIED; and, 4 4. The instant petition for writ of habeas corpus be DISMISSED, without prejudice. 5 This Findings and Recommendation is submitted to the assigned United States District 6 Court Judge, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. section 636 (b)(1)(B) and Rule 72-304 of 7 the Local Rules of Practice for the United States District Court, Eastern District of California. 8 Within thirty (30) days after being served with a copy, any party may file written objections with 9 the court and serve a copy on all parties. Such a document should be captioned “Objections to 10 Magistrate Judge’s Findings and Recommendation.” Replies to the objections shall be served 11 and filed within ten (10) court days (plus three days if served by mail) after service of the 12 objections. The Court will then review the Magistrate Judge’s ruling pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 13 636 (b)(1)(C). The parties are advised that failure to file objections within the specified time 14 may waive the right to appeal the District Court’s order. Martinez v. Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153 (9th 15 Cir. 1991). 16 17 18 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: 3b142a February 13, 2009 /s/ Dennis L. Beck UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 11
]]>
Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You
should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google
Privacy Policy and
Terms of Service apply.
