William Robert Bolduc v. Rosemary Ndoh

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM ROBERT BOLDUC, ) Case No. EDCV 16-2601-AG (JPR) 11 ) Petitioner, ) 12 ) ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS AND v. ) RECOMMENDATIONS OF U.S. 13 ) MAGISTRATE JUDGE ROSEMARY NDOH, Warden, ) 14 ) Respondent. ) 15 ) 16 The Court has reviewed the Petition, records on file, and Report and Recommendation of U.S. Magistrate Judge. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). On August 27, 2019, Petitioner filed objections to the R. & R., in which he mostly simply repeats arguments from his Petition and Traverse. A few of his contentions warrant discussion, however. The Magistrate Judge did not “overlook[]” that In re Dixon’s procedural bar, see 41 Cal. 2d 756, 762 (1953), did not apply to Petitioner’s ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims. (Objs. at 3-4.) To the contrary, she recognized that as the state court found, although the merits claims raised in those grounds were procedurally defaulted under Dixon, the corresponding 1 ineffective-assistance arguments were reviewable. (See R. & R. at…