Madden

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 ELLERY DENNIS THOMAS, ) Case No. 5:19-cv-00850-JAK-JC 11 ) ) 12 Petitioner, ) ) ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS, 13 v. ) CONCLUSIONS, AND ) RECOMMENDATIONS OF 14 MADDEN, Warden, et al., ) UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE ) JUDGE 15 ) Respondents. ) 16 ________________________________ 17 I. SUMMARY 18 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636, the Court has reviewed the Petition for Writ of 19 Habeas Corpus (“Petition”) and accompanying documents, the Motion to Dismiss 20 the Petition and supporting documents, the October 28, 2019 original Report and 21 Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge (“Original R&R”), petitioner’s 22 late-filed Response to the Motion to Dismiss which the Court received after its 23 issuance of the Original R&R and which contains requests for discovery and 24 related tolling, a stay, and the appointment of counsel (Docket No. 21), the 25 December 4, 2019 Superseding Report and Recommendation of United States 26 Magistrate…