Elias

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Edward Jesus Elias, Case No.: 3:16-cv-0320-AJB-KSC Petitioner,

ORDER:

v. (1) ADOPTING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION (Doc. No. 31), Scott Kernan, Secretary, and Respondent. (2) DISMISSING PETITIONER’S

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

16 (Doc. No. 4) 17 Before the Court is Petitioner Edward Jesus Elias’s first amended habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 4.) The Court referred the petition to the Magistrate Judge for a Report & Recommendation (“R&R). The R&R recommends the Court adopt the R&R’s findings and deny Petitioner’s habeas petition. (Doc. No. 31 at 48.) The duties of the district court with respect to a magistrate’s judge’s R&R are set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b) and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). The district court must “make a de novo determination of those portions of the report . . . to which objection is made” and “may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in …