Tyrone Tittle v. W. L. Montgomery

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TYRONE TITTLE, ) Case No. CV 16-7804-AB (JPR) 11 ) Petitioner, ) ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS AND 12 ) RECOMMENDATIONS OF U.S. v. ) MAGISTRATE JUDGE 13 ) RAYBON JOHNSON, Warden, ) 14 ) Respondent. ) 15 ) ) 16 The Court has reviewed the Petition, records on file, and Report and Recommendation of U.S. Magistrate Judge, which recommends that judgment be entered denying the Petition and dismissing this action with prejudice. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). On April 27, 2020, Petitioner filed Objections to the R. & R., in which he mostly simply repeats arguments from his Petition and Traverse. For instance, Petitioner continues to argue that the trial court “did not evaluate the persuasiveness or genuine nature of the prosecutor’s reasons for peremptorily dismissing” three black prospective jurors, the third step of the Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), inquiry. (Objs. at 3; see id. at 2-4.) But he 1 is wrong that the Magistrate Judge determined that the trial court…