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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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'3Y III 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BOBBY JAMES WILLIAMS, 

Petitioner, 

vs. 

BRENDA CASH, Warden, 

Respondent. 

CASE NO. l1-CV-2234 BEN (WMc) 

ORDER: 

(1) ADOPTING REPORT AND 

RECOMMENDATION, 

(2) GRANTING DEFENDANT'S 

MOTION TO DISMISS 

[Docket Nos. 7,9] 

Petitioner Bobby James Williams, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed the instant Petition 

for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Docket No.1.) Defendant Brenda Cash 

filed a Motion to Dismiss the Petition on December 8, 2011. (Docket No.7.) Petitioner did not file 

an opposition to the Motion to Dismiss. 

Magistrate Judge William McCurine issued a thoughtful and thorough Report and 

Recommendation recommending that Defendant's Motion to Dismiss be granted. (Docket No.9.) 

Any objections to the Report and Recommendation were due July 30, 2012. (ld.) Neither party filed 

any objections. 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. Cry. P. 72(b)(3); see also 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). "[T]he district 

judge must determine de novo any part of the [report and recommendation] that has been properly 

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objected to." FED. R. CIY. P. 72(b)(3). However, "[t]he statute makes it clear that the district judge 

must review the magistrate judge's findings and recommendations de novo ij objection is made, but 

not otherwise." United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003) (en bartc) 

(emphasis in original); see also Wang v. Masaitis, 416 F.3d 992, 1000 n.13 (9th Cir. 2005). "Neither 

the Constitution nor the statute requires a district judge to review, de novo, findings and 

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

In the absence of arty objections, the Court fully ADOPTS Judge McCurine's Report and 

Recommendation. Defendartts' Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED. The Clerk ofCourt shall close the 

file. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: August~2012 

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