Madden

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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