Telonious Lamar Taylor v. Josie Gastello

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN DIVISION 11 TELONIOUS LAMAR TAYLOR, ) No. SA CV 19-1989-GW (PLA) ) Petitioner, ) ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS, ) CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATION v. ) OF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE ) JOSIE GASTELLO, Warden, ) ) Respondent. ) ) 17 On April 28, 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. 16). On May 29, 2020, petitioner filed Objections to the Report. (Docket No. 18). In his Objections, petitioner raises several arguments, including a claim of actual innocence and his purported lack of access to the prison’s law library, that he claims constitute sufficient “cause” to establish a miscarriage of justice. (Docket No. 18 at 1-2). These arguments might be relevant if the Magistrate Judge had…