(PS) Babbitt v. Department of Veterans Affairs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM JOSEPH BABBITT, No. 2:24-cv-2292-TLN-JDP Plaintiff, v. ORDER DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff William Joseph Babbitt (“Plaintiff”) filed the above-entitled action. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On January 13, 2025, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations herein which were served on plaintiff, and which contained notice that any objections to the findings and recommendations were to be filed within fourteen days. (ECF No. 5.) No objections were filed. The Court presumes that any findings of fact are correct. See Orand v. United States, 602 F.2d 207, 208 (9th Cir. 1979). The magistrate judge’s conclusions of law are reviewed de novo. See Robbins v. Carey, 481 F.3d 1143, 1147 (9th Cir. 2007) (“[D]eterminations of law by the magistrate judge are reviewed de novo by both the district court…