Ryan Dodson v. Patrick Covello

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RYAN DODSON, Case No. 5:19-cv-00003-RGK-MAA

12 Petitioner, ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT v. AND RECOMMENDATION OF

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE

PATRICK COVELLO, 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. The Court also has reviewed Petitioner’s objections to the Report and Recommendation, which were filed on May 3, 2021 (“Objections”). (Objs., ECF No. 13.) As required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b)(3), the Court has engaged in de novo review of the portions of the Report and Recommendation to which Petitioner specifically has objected. In his Objections, Petitioner only raises arguments regarding his ineffective assistance claim in Ground One. (See Objs.) First, he argues that his trial lawyer Mr. Moore’s alleged failure to inform him of Mr. Butts’s 2005 robbery arrest…