(HC) Benson v. People of the State of California, No. 2:2021cv02165 - Document 19 (E.D. Cal. 2022)

Court Description: ORDER signed by Chief District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 6/21/2022 ADOPTING 18 Findings and Recommendations in full; GRANTING 11 Motion to Dismiss; DISMISSING petitioner's habeas corpus petition without prejudice to refiling once all the claims in it have been properly exhausted in state court; and DECLINING to issue the certificate of appealability referenced in 28 U.S.C. § 2253. CASE CLOSED. (Coll, A)

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(HC) Benson v. People of the State of California Doc. 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 JUSTIN R. BENSON, 10 Petitioner, 11 12 No. 2:21-cv-02165-KJM-CKD P v. ORDER RAYMOND MADDEN, 13 Respondent. 14 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 15 16 corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge as 17 provided by 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On April 26, 2022, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations, which were 18 19 served on all parties and which contained notice to all parties that any objections to the findings 20 and recommendations were to be filed within twenty-one days. Neither party has filed objections 21 to the findings and recommendations. The court presumes that any findings of fact are correct. See Orand v. United States, 22 23 602 F.2d 207, 208 (9th Cir. 1979). The magistrate judge’s conclusions of law are reviewed 24 de novo. See Robbins v. Carey, 481 F.3d 1143, 1147 (9th Cir. 2007) (“[D]eterminations of law 25 by the magistrate judge are reviewed de novo by both the district court and [the appellate] court 26 . . . .”). Having reviewed the file, the court finds the findings and recommendations to be 27 supported by the record and by the proper analysis. 28 ///// 1 Dockets.Justia.com 1 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 2 1. The findings and recommendations filed April 26, 2022, are adopted in full. 3 2. Respondent’s motion to dismiss (ECF No. 11) is granted. 4 3. Petitioner’s habeas corpus petition is dismissed without prejudice to refiling once all 5 the claims in it have been properly exhausted in state court. 6 7 8 9 4. The court declines to issue the certificate of appealability referenced in 28 U.S.C. § 2253. 5. The Clerk of Court shall close this action. DATED: June 21, 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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