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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 

IRWIN GUZMAN, 

Petitioner,

v. 

SPEARMAN, Warden, 

Respondent.

Case No.: 16cv2659-MMA (AGS)

ORDER DECLINING TO ADOPT 

RECOMMENDATION OF UNITED 

STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE TO 

DISMISS GROUND SIX OF 

PETITION 

[Doc. No. 22]

Petitioner Irwin Guzman, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a Petition for 

Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (“Petition”). See Doc. No. 1. On 

July 13, 2017, the assigned magistrate judge issued an order to show cause as to Ground 

Five of the Petition, and further recommended the Court dismiss Ground Six of the 

Petition with leave to amend. See Doc. No. 22. The Court finds dismissal of Ground Six 

to be premature at this time. As an initial matter, the Court previously ordered 

Respondent to answer or otherwise respond to the Petitioner’s claims. See Doc. No. 14. 

The response deadline is currently set for August 18, 2017. Id. As such, Respondent has 

not had an opportunity to respond to the Petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2243 (providing that a 

response to the petition is required if the court does not grant the writ or summarily 

dismiss the petition). Additionally, Respondent has not lodged with the Court all relevant 

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records. Further, the Court would prefer not to adjudicate Petitioner’s claims on a 

piecemeal and ad hoc basis. 

Accordingly, the Court DECLINES to adopt the magistrate judge’s 

recommendation to dismiss Ground Six of the Petition.1

 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATE: July 14, 2017 _______________________________________ 

 HON. MICHAEL M. ANELLO 

 United States District Judge 

                                               

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 The Court notes that pursuant to the applicable rules, the parties were provided with fourteen 

(14) days to file any objections to the magistrate judge’s recommendation. See Doc. No. 22. However, 

based on the Court’s declination to adopt the recommendation to dismiss Ground Six, any such 

objections are rendered moot and no objection period is necessary. 

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