Jesse Junior Chacon v. Connie Gipson

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7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

11 JESSE JUNIOR CHACON, Case No. 2:13-cv-08366-CAS (SHK)

Petitioner,

ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS

v. AND RECOMMENDATION OF

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE

CONNIE GIPSON, JUDGE

Respondent.

17 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636, the Court has reviewed the Report and Recommendation (the “Report”) to grant petitioner’s petition for writ of habeas corpus on the ground that petitioner’s rights under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986) were violated. Dkt. 125. The Court has additionally reviewed respondent’s objections to the Report, dkt. 131, petitioner’s response to those objections, dkt. 134, and any pertinent records as needed. The Court has engaged in de novo review of those portions of the Report to which respondent objected and to which petitioner responded. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b). The Court accepts the findings and recommendation of the Magistrate Judge. In the…