Stefano Guido Vitale v. Steve Langford

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STEFANO GUIDO VITALE, Case No. 2:18-cv-02075-MCS-MAA 12 Petitioner, ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT v. AND RECOMMENDATION OF

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE

FELIPE MARTINEZ, 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 (“R&R,” ECF No. 22). The Court also has reviewed Petitioner’s objections to the Report and Recommendation, which were filed on April 8, 2020. (“Objections,” ECF No. 26.)1 Respondent did not file a timely response to the Objections. 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. The Objections reiterate arguments made in Petitioner’s substantive briefs (see generally ECF Nos. 1, 18), and they lack merit for the reasons set forth in the R&R. 27 1 Petitioner previously…