James BoWell v. Connie Gipson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES BOWELL, Case No. 2:19-cv-07357-TJH-MAA

12 Petitioner, ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT v. AND RECOMMENDATION OF

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE

MARCUS POLLARD, Warden, JUDGE 15 Respondent. 16 17 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636, the Court has reviewed the Petition, the other records on file herein, and the Report and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge (“R&R,” ECF No. 21). The Court also has reviewed Petitioner’s objections to the Report and Recommendation, which the Court received and filed on January 2, 2020. (“Objections,” ECF No. 22.) As required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b)(3), the Court has engaged in de novo review of the portions of the R&R to which Petitioner specifically has objected. Petitioner contends that he does not need authorization from the Ninth Circuit to file the instant Petition because this Court may reopen his 2003 habeas case, Bowell v. Lamarque, No. 2:03-cv-01459-TJH-SH, pursuant to a…