Hammond

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICHARD GIDEON HAMMOND, Case No. 20-cv-0261-BAS-DEB

Petitioner,

ORDER:

v. (1) OVERRULING PETITIONER’S OBJECTIONS (ECF No. 22); JOSIE GASTELO, et al., (2) ADOPTING REPORT AND Respondents. RECOMMENDATION IN ITS ENTIRETY (ECF No. 21); 16 (3) DENYING PETITION OF

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS;

AND

(4) DECLINING TO ISSUE A

CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY 20 21 22 23 Petitioner Richard Gideon Hammond is a state prisoner proceeding pro se. He filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his February 21, 2018 conviction and sentence in San Diego Superior Court Case No. SCS280604 that resulted in a sentence of six years in prison. (ECF No. 1.) On October 5, 2020, United States Magistrate Judge Daniel E. Butcher issued a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) recommending that this Court deny…