Angelique D. Spurlock v. People of the State of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA WESTERN DIVISION 11 ANGELIQUE SPURLOCK, ) No. CV 19-7787-JAK (PLA) ) Petitioner, ) ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS, ) CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATION v. ) OF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE ) JANEL ESPINOZA, Warden, ) ) Respondent. ) ) 17 On May 26, 2020, the United States Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation (“Report”), recommending that petitioner’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus be denied and that this action be dismissed with prejudice. (Docket No. 40). On June 25, 2020, petitioner filed Objections to the Report. (Docket No. 45). Petitioner dedicates the bulk of her Objections to countering the prosecution’s evidence at trial with her own account of her relationship with the victim and the events leading up to, and including, the victim’s death. (See Docket No. 45 at 2, 4-5). Petitioner, however, elected not to testify at trial. (See Docket No. 25-11…