Ronald Gillion v. Debbie Asuncion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 RONALD GILLION, Case No. LACV 18-3004-SB (LAL) Petitioner, ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT AND

RECOMMENDATION OF UNITED

v. STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE DEBBIE ASUNCION, Warden, Respondent. 15 16 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636, the Court has reviewed the Petition, the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation, Petitioner’s Objections and the remaining record, and has made a de novo determination. The Court approves and accepts the Report and Recommendation and finds that Petitioner’s Objections generally lack merit. This Order contains additional support for the Court’s determination on the issue of ineffective assistance of counsel. DISCUSSION Petitioner claims that he was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel when his lawyer failed to call an eyewitness, Latisha Adkins, at trial. Under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687 (1984), a petitioner who makes this constitutional…