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