Damen Rabb v. M. Eliot Spearman

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAMEN RABB, ) Case No. CV 17-9318-JAK (JPR) 11 ) Petitioner, ) 12 ) ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS AND v. ) RECOMMENDATIONS OF U.S. 13 ) MAGISTRATE JUDGE

M. ELIOT SPEARMAN, Warden, )

14 ) Respondent. ) 15 ) 16 The Court has reviewed the Successive Petition, records on 17 file, and Report and Recommendation of U.S. Magistrate Judge, 18 which recommends that Respondent’s motion to dismiss the 19 Successive Petition be granted. Petitioner filed objections to 20 the R. & R. through counsel on December 2, 2019, and two pro se 21 letters asserting his innocence, on October 1 and December 11, 22 2019; Respondent did not reply. Having reviewed de novo those 23 portions of the R. & R. to which Petitioner objects, see 28 24 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C), the Court accepts the findings and 25 recommendations of the Magistrate Judge. 26 Petitioner challenges the Magistrate Judge’s analytical 27 approach in…