Byron Mitchell v. Felipe Martinez Jr.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BYRON MITCHELL, Case No. 2:20-cv-02810-JFW-MAA

12 Petitioner, ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT v. AND RECOMMENDATION OF

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE

FELIPE MARTINEZ, JR., Warden, JUDGE 15 Respondent. 16 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 (“Report and Recommendation” (“R&R”)). The Court also has reviewed Petitioner’s objections to the R&R, which the Court received and filed on August 14, 2020 (“Objections”), as well as Respondent’s August 28, 2020 Response to the Objections (“Response”). (Objs., ECF No. 15; Response, ECF No. 16.) 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. /// 28 Petitioner first argues that the Magistrate Judge misconstrued the facts of the case and the relief…