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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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11 EDWARD TYRONE MALONE, Case No.: 3:15-cv-02942-BEN-RBB

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ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND

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Petitioner Edward Tyrone Malone, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a

Petition for Writ ofHabeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the United States

District Court for the Northern District ofCalifornia on October 20, 2015. (Docket No.

1.) The case was transferred to this Court (ECF No. 5), and dismissed without prejudice

for failure to sign the petition under penalty ofperjury. (ECF No. 7.) On February 5,

2016, Petitioner filed a First Amended Petition. (ECF No. 10.) Respondent filed a

Notice ofMotion and Motion to Dismiss the Petition for Writ ofHabeas Corpus (ECF

No. 15) and a Notice ofLodgment on May 31, 2016. (ECF No. 16.)

On June 24, 2016, Petitioner filed a Notice ofintent to proceed without a response,

alleging that he was unable to submit an opposition to Respondent’s Motion and

requesting that the Court “move forward with the appropriate procedures which may

legally confirm this matter ....” (Docket No. 18.)

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Subsequently, following review ofPetitioner’s First Amended Petition,

Respondent’s Motion to Dismiss, and the lodgments, Magistrate Judge Ruben B. Brooks

issued a thoughtful and thorough Report and Recommendation recommending that the

Motion be granted. (Docket No. 19). Objections to the Report and Recommendation

were due by October 4, 2015. (Id.) No objections have been filed. For the reasons that

follow, the Report and Recommendation is ADOPTED.

A district judge “may accept, reject, or modify the recommended disposition” of a

magistrate judge on a dispositive matter. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3); see also 28 U.S.C.

§ 636(b)(1). “[T]he districtjudge must determine de novo any part ofthe [report and

recommendation] that has been properly objected to.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3).

However, “[t]he statute makes it clear that the districtjudge must review the magistrate

judge’s findings and recommendations de novo ifobjection is made, but not otherwise.”

United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114,1121 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc); see also

Wang v. Masaitis, 416 F.3d 992, 1000 n.13 (9th Cir. 2005). “Neither the Constitution nor

the statute requires a districtjudge to review, de novo, findings and recommendations

that the parties themselves accept as correct.” Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d at 1121.

The Court need not conduct a de novo review given the absence of objections.

However, the Court has conducted a de novo review and fully ADOPTS the Report and

Recommendation. The Motion is GRANTED and Petitioner’s petition is DISMISSED.

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The Court DENIES a certificate of appealability because the issues are not

debatable among jurists ofreason and there are no questions adequate to deserve

encouragement. See Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 327 (2003). The Clerk ofCourt

shall enterjudgment DENYING the Petition.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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