Valdez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSE LUIS VALDEZ, Case No.: 18cv734-LAB (BGS)

Petitioner,

ORDER OVERRULING

v. OBJECTIONS TO REPORT AND

RECOMMENDATION; AND

RAYMOND MADDEN, et al.,

Respondents. ORDER DENYING PETITION

FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS

17 Petitioner Jose Luis Valdez, a prisoner in state custody, filed his petition for writ of habeas corpus under U.S.C. § 2254. The petition was referred to Magistrate Judge Bernard Skomal for report and recommendation. After receiving briefing, Judge Skomal on May 17, 2019 issued his report and recommendation (the “R&R”), which recommended denying the petition. Valdez has filed objections to the R&R. A district court has jurisdiction to review a Magistrate Judge's report and recommendation on dispositive matters. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b). “The district judge must determine de novo any part of the magistrate judge's disposition that has been properly objected…