Marlon Edgardo Siguenza v. Domingo Uribe Jr.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
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8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
9 FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 Case No. 2:11-cv-08020-SSS-AGR 11 MARLON EDGARDO SIGUENZA,
12 Petitioner, 13 ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS v. AND RECOMMENDATION OF 14
MAGISTRATE JUDGE
15 DOMINGO URIBE, JR.,
16 Respondent. 17 18 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636, the Court has reviewed the Petition for Writ 19 of Habeas Corpus, the other records on file herein, the Report and 20 Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge (“Report”), and the 21 Objections. Further, the Court has engaged in a de novo review of those 22 portions of the Report to which objections have been made. 23 The Report recommends denial of the First Amended Petition and 24 dismissal of this action with prejudice. [Dkt. 118]. Petitioner’s Objections 25 focus on the Report’s analysis of Grounds Six to Eight, in which Petitioner 26 claims ineffective assistance of counsel. [Dkt. 124]. The primary basis of 27 Petitioner’s objections is that his counsel failed “to present a mental-state 1 defense” at trial based on…