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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVEN DOYLE BURTON,

Petitioner,

v.

SUPERIOR COURT OF 

CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN 

DIEGO,

Respondent.

Case No.: 16cv2321-LAB (AGS)

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 

CERTIFICATE OF 

APPEALABILITY; AND

ORDER SUA SPONTE 

EXTENDING DEADLINE FOR 

OBJECTIONS

On November 2, 2017, Magistrate Judge Andrew Schopler issued a report 

and recommendation (the “R&R”), recommending that Petitioner Steven Doyle 

Burton’s petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. ' 2254 be denied. The 

R&R gave the parties 14 days to file any objections. 

Burton filed no objections, but instead submitted a motion for certificate of 

appealability, dated November 7. While the motion uses the case number for this 

case, the caption identifies it as being filed in the case of United States of America, 

Plaintiff v. Steven Doyle Burton, Defendant. The body of the motion addresses a 

federal criminal case against Burton presided over by Judge Anthony Battaglia, 

not the state conviction from which he is seeking relief. 

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Burton was a Defendant in two federal cases against him in this District, both 

presided over by Judge Battaglia: 15cr2443-AJB, United States of America v. 

Steven Doyle Burton (filed November 25, 2014); and16cr746-AJB, United States 

of America v. Steven Doyle Burton (filed April 7, 2016). The former was dismissed 

on April 15, 2016. In the latter, Doyle was convicted on three of four counts and 

his appeal is now pending. It appears Burton’s motion is addressing one or both of 

those cases, rather than this one.

Because the Court has not entered a final order, Doyle’s motion for a 

certificate of appealability is premature, and is DENIED. The time for Doyle to file 

objections to Judge Schopler’s R&R is EXTENDED to December 15, 2017.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 29, 2017

Hon. Larry Alan Burns

United States District Judge

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