(HC) Romero v. Pollard, No. 2:2021cv00291 - Document 32 (E.D. Cal. 2022)

Court Description: ORDER signed by Chief District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 8/18/22 ADOPTING 31 Findings and Recommendations and GRANTING 16 Motion to Dismiss. The court DECLINES to issue the certificate of appealability. (Kaminski, H)

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(HC) Romero v. Pollard Doc. 32 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DARIUS ROMERO, 12 Petitioner, 13 14 No. 2:21-cv-0291 KJM AC P v. ORDER MARCUS POLLARD, WARDEN, 15 Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed an application for a writ of habeas 17 18 corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge as 19 provided by 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On July 11, 2022, the magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations, which were 20 21 served on all parties and which contained notice to all parties that any objections to the findings 22 and recommendations were to be filed within fourteen days. ECF No. 31. Neither party filed 23 objections to the findings and recommendations. The court presumes that any findings of fact are correct. See Orand v. United States, 24 25 602 F.2d 207, 208 (9th Cir. 1979). The magistrate judge’s conclusions of law are reviewed 26 de novo. See Robbins v. Carey, 481 F.3d 1143, 1147 (9th Cir. 2007) (“[D]eterminations of law 27 by the magistrate judge are reviewed de novo by both the district court and [the appellate] court 28 ///// 1 Dockets.Justia.com 1 . . . .”). Having reviewed the file, the court finds the findings and recommendations to be 2 supported by the record and by the proper analysis. 3 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 4 1. The findings and recommendations issued July 11, 2022 (ECF No. 31), are ADOPTED 5 IN FULL; 6 2. Respondent’s motion to dismiss (ECF No. 16) is GRANTED, and 7 3. The court DECLINES to issue the certificate of appealability referenced in 28 U.S.C. 8 § 2253. 9 DATED: August 18, 2022. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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