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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

JOHN MANUEL SILVA,

Petitioner,

CASE NO. 12-CV-1314 LAB (NLS)

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT

vs. AND RECOMMENDATION

MATTHEW CATE, and KAMALA D.

HARRIS,

Respondents.

Silva filed his habeas petition on May 22, 2012, and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)

and Civil Local Rules 72.1(c) and (d) it was referred to Magistrate Judge Nita Stormes for

a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”). Now before the Court is the Respondents’ motion

to dismiss. They argue that Silva’s petition is untimely under AEDPA because it wasn’t filed

within the one-year statute of limitations period. 

Judge Stormes issued her R&R on the motion on March 28, 2013, finding that Silva’s

petition was timely, taking statutory and equitable tolling into account. Objections were due

on April 17, 2013, but none was filed. The Court therefore ADOPTS the R&R in its entirety. 

See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3) (“The district judge must determine de novo any part of the

magistrate judge’s disposition that has been property objected to.”); United States v. ReynaTapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc) (district judge “must review the

magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations de novo if objection is made, but not

otherwise”).

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The Respondents’ motion to dismiss is DENIED. They must answer Silva’s habeas

petition so that the Court may adjudicate it on the merits.

 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 3, 2013

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

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