Gomez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RUBEN GOMEZ, Case No.: 3:16-cv-02316-WQH-WVG

ORDER

Plaintiff, 13 v. 14 MADDEN et al.,

16 Defendants. 17 HAYES, Judge: 18 The matters before the Court are the Motion for Partial Summary Judgment filed by 19 Defendant Majid Mani (ECF No. 48) and the Report and Recommendation issued by the 20 Magistrate Judge (ECF No. 64). 21 The duties of the district court in connection with a report and recommendation of a 22 magistrate judge are set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b) and 28 U.S.C. § 23 636(b). The district judge must “make a de novo determination of those portions of the 24 report . . . to which objection is made” and “may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in 25 part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b). 26 The district court need not review de novo those portions of a Report and Recommendation 27 to which neither party objects. See Wang v. Masaitis, 416 F.3d 992, 1000 n.13 (9th Cir. 28 ||2005); United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th…