Matthew James Mejia v. C.E. Ducart

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10

MATTHEW JAMES MEJIA, ) NO. SACV 16-1760-VBF (AGR)

) 12 Petitioner, ) ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS ) AND RECOMMENDATION OF 13 v. ) MAGISTRATE JUDGE C.E. DUCART, Warden, ) 14 ) Respondent. ) 15 ) ) 16 ) ) 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 and Recommendation to which objections have been made. The Court accepts the findings and recommendation of the Magistrate Judge. With respect to Ground One, Petitioner cites Andrade v. Foulk, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17777 (E.D. Cal. Feb. 11, 2016), for his argument that uncorroborated accomplice testimony cannot support a criminal conviction. Andrade, however, denied federal habeas relief. Id. at *41; see Caminetti v. United…