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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

BENNIE LEE MATHIS,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 09cv230-MMA(AJB)

vs. ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT AND

ADOPTING FINDINGS,

CONCLUSIONS, and

RECOMMENDATION OF UNITED

STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE;

[Doc. No. 13]

OVERRULING PETITIONER’S

OBJECTIONS;

[Doc. Nos. 14 & 15]

GRANTING RESPONDENT’S

MOTION TO DISMISS

[Doc. No. 6] 

DISMISSING PETITION WITH

PREJUDICE

[Doc. No. 1]

DOMINGO URIBE, JR., Warden,

Defendant.

Petitioner Bennie Lee Mathis, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for Writ of

Habeas Corpus (“petition”) challenging his conviction in 1993 for murder and his subsequent

indeterminate life sentence [Doc. No. 1]. Respondent moves to dismiss the petition as untimely

[Doc. No. 6]. Petitioner filed an opposition to the motion [Doc. No. 11]. The matter was referred to

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United States Magistrate Judge Anthony J. Battaglia for preparation of a Report and

Recommendation pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Civil Local Rule 72.3. Judge Battaglia 

issued a well reasoned and thorough Report recommending this Court grant Respondent’s motion to

dismiss. Petitioner timely filed objections [Doc. Nos. 14 & 15]. Respondent did not file an

objection or a response to Petitioner’s objections. 

Under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), in reviewing a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation,

the district court “shall make a de novo determination of those portions of the report . . . to which

objection is made,” and “may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or

recommendations made by the magistrate judge.” In the instant case, Petitioner objected to the

Report and Recommendation. The Court has considered the merits of Petitioner’s objections, and

overrules them. Judge Battaglia reported the facts and applied the law correctly, reaching sound

conclusions that this Court has no reason to reject. 

Having reviewed the Report and Recommendation and the files and records herein, the Court

adopts Judge Battaglia’s Report and Recommendation in its entirety. Accordingly, the Court

ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation to Grant Respondent’s Motion to Dismiss is in its

entirety and DISMISSES Petitioner’s petition with prejudice for violating the limitation period of

28 U.S.C. § 2244(d). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: October 20, 2009

Hon. Michael M. Anello

United States District Judge

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