Lorenzo Smith v. L.A. Martinez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LORENZO SMITH, Case No. 2:22-cv-08866-DMG-PD

Petitioner,

ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT

v.

AND ADOPTING FINDINGS,

CONCLUSIONS, AND

RECOMMENDATIONS OF

L.A. MARTINEZ, Warden,

UNITED STATES

Respondent. MAGISTRATE JUDGE AND

DENYING CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636, the Court has reviewed the Petition, the records on file, the Report and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge [Doc. # (“Report”)], and Petitioner’s Objections to that Report [Doc. # 18 (“Objections”)]. The Court has engaged in a de novo review of those portions of the Report to which Petitioner has objected. The Report recommends dismissal of the Petition and this action after finding that Petitioner is not entitled to federal habeas relief for his challenge to a parole board’s ineligibility finding and to the length of his sentence. For the following 28 …