Ross

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICHARD ERIC ROSS, Case No.: 3:17-cv-00953-JAH-BLM Petitioner,

ORDER:

v. (1) ADOPTING THE MAGISTRATE JEFF MACOMBER, Secretary of the

JUDGE’S REPORT AND

California Department of Corrections and RECOMMENDATION; Rehabilitation, 16 Respondent. (2) DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, AND; 18 (3) DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY 20 (ECF No. 13) 21 I. INTRODUCTION1 Petitioner Richard Eric Ross (“Ross” or “Petitioner”), a state prisoner represented by counsel, has filed a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (“Pet.” ECF No. 1-2). After careful consideration of the pleadings, the lodgments and other 26 27 Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d), Jeff Macomber has been substituted as Secretary 28 documents submitted by the parties, the legal arguments and the relevant law, and for the reasons…