Watkins

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Willie Louis Watkins, Case No.: 18-cv-2194-AJB-RBM

Petitioner,

ORDER:

v. (1) ADOPTING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION, (Doc. No. 12); R.E. Binkele, (2) GRANTING RESPONDENT’S Respondent. MOTION TO DISMISS, (Doc. No. 9); and 16 (3) DISMISSING PETITIONER’S WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS (Doc. No. 1)

Before the Court is Petitioner’s petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. In the Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) the Magistrate Judge recommended dismissing Petitioner’s federal petition for writ of habeas corpus finding it was time-barred and his claims were procedurally defaulted. Agreeing with the R&R, the Court ADOPTS the R&R, GRANTS Respondent’s dismissal motion, and DISMISSES Petitioner’s writ of habeas corpus. I. BACKGROUND Petitioner Willie Louis Watkins filed his Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his…