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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1983 Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JIMMY M. GARCIA,

Plaintiff,

v.

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, 

COUNTY OF ORANGE, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 1:19-cv-01636-NONE-JDP

ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND 

RECOMMENDATIONS TO DISMISS CASE 

UNDER THE FAVORABLE-TERMINATION 

RULE 

(Doc. No. 8)

Plaintiff Jimmy M. Garcia (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis in this civil rights action 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter was referred to a United States 

Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302.

Plaintiff alleges in his complaint that he is innocent of the crime for which he was 

convicted and claims that the evidence relied upon to convict him was false or flawed. (See Doc. 

No. 1.) On January 8, 2020, the assigned magistrate judge ordered plaintiff to show cause why 

this civil rights action should not be barred by the favorable-termination rule of Heck v. 

Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994). Plaintiff’s response to that order reiterated his original 

arguments and failed to address the holding in Heck. (See Doc. No. 7 at 1-2.) 

On January 24, 2020, the magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations 

recommending that this action be dismissed under the Heck favorable termination rule. (Doc. No. 

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8.) Those findings and recommendations were served on Plaintiff, along with an application form 

for a writ of habeas corpus, and contained notice that objections were due within fourteen (14) 

days. (Id. at 1.) Plaintiff has not filed any objections and the time in which to do so has passed.

In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636 (b)(1)(C), this Court has conducted a 

de novo review of the case. Having carefully reviewed the entire file, the Court concludes that 

the findings and recommendations are supported by the record and by proper analysis.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The findings and recommendations issued on January 31, 2020, (Doc. No. 8), are 

adopted in full;

2. This action is dismissed as barred by Heck v. Humphrey;

3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to assign a District Judge to this case for the 

purpose of closing the case; and

4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to close this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 4, 2020 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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