Nguon
Nguon v. Madden
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 HUNG DUONG NGUON, Case No.: 22cv181-JO-JLB
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT
AND RECOMMENDATION Petitioner, 13 v. 14 RAYMOND MADDEN, Warden,
16 Respondent. 17 Pro se Petitioner Hung Duong Nguon filed a habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on February 6, 2022. Dkt. 1. On April 20, 2022, Respondent Raymond Madden, Warden at Richard J. Donovan Correction Facility, filed a motion to dismiss the petition. Dkt. 12 (“MTD”). On February 7, 2023, Magistrate Judge Burkhardt issued a Report and Recommendation (the “R&R”) recommending that the petition be dismissed. Dkt. 18. On February 24, 2023, Petitioner Nguon filed an objection to the R&R, primarily on the grounds of judicial bias. Dkt. 20 (“Objection”). For the reasons set for below, the Court adopts the R&R in its entirety. I. BACKGROUND In 1997, Nguon was sentenced to a term of life plus three years after being convicted of kidnapping during the commission of a carjacking and use of a …