Stephanie Ilene Lazarus v. Molly Hill

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 STEPHANIE ILENE LAZARUS, Case No. 5:18-cv-00718-VBF-MAA

12 Petitioner, ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT 13 v. AND RECOMMENDATION OF

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE

14 MOLLY HILL, Warden, JUDGE 15 Respondent. 16 17 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636, the Court has reviewed the Petition, the other 18 records on file herein, and the Report and Recommendation of the United States 19 Magistrate Judge. The Court also has reviewed Petitioner’s objections to the 20 Report and Recommendation, which Petitioner filed on January 8, 2021 21 (“Objections”). (Objs., ECF No. 22.) As required by Federal Rule of Civil 22 Procedure 72(b)(3), the Court has engaged in de novo review of the portions of the 23 Report and Recommendation to which Petitioner specifically has objected. 24 First, Petitioner objects to the Magistrate Judge’s determination that the 25 California Court of Appeal’s February 8, 2018 order denying habeas relief, rather 26 than the Los Angeles Superior Court’s October 20, 2017 decision, was the last 27…