De Andre Lamont Locklin v. Tammy Campbel

1 2

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

3

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

4 5

6 Case No. 2:22-cv-06933-SB-KES

DE ANDRE LAMONT LOCKLIN,

7 8 Petitioner, ORDER ACCEPTING THE v. FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND 9 RECOMMENDATIONS OF U.S. 10 TAMMY CAMPBEL, MAGISTRATE JUDGE 11 Respondent. 12

13

14 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636, the Court has reviewed the Petition for Writ of 15 Habeas Corpus, the records herein, and the Report and Recommendation (R&R) of 16 the U.S. Magistrate Judge. After having made a de novo determination of the 17 portions of the Report and Recommendation to which objections were directed, the 18 Court generally accepts the findings and conclusions of the Magistrate Judge, 19 except as specified below. 20 21 1. Petitioner objects to the Magistrate Judge’s reliance on the factual 22 record as presented in the Court of Appeal opinion, arguing it improperly 23 characterized a description of criminalist Reyna Hernandez’s handling of physical 24 evidence as fact, even though she did not testify. Dkt. No. 91 at 4–5. The objection 25 is…