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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

GERRY JOHNS,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 07cv0692-BTM (CAB)

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND

RECOMMENDATION, DENYING

PETITION, AND GRANTING A

CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

vs.

L.E. SCRIBNER, Warden,

Defendant.

Plaintiff Gerry Johns has petitioned this Court for habeas corpus relief contending that

the California Board of Parole’s November 1, 2005 decision denying him parole violated the

United States Constitution. The California Superior Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme

Court denied Johns relief on the same claim. 

 Magistrate Judge Cathy A. Bencivengo issued a Report and Recommendation

recommending that the petition be denied. Johns filed objections. The Court has reviewed

the Report and Recommendation and the record and after a de novo review of the petition,

concludes that the Report and Recommendation properly applied the applicable law to the

record. The Court holds that the decision of the California Supreme Court in rejecting the

claims was not an unreasonable application of U.S. Supreme Court law. The Court agrees

with the analysis in the Report and Recommendation. (See Report and Recommendation

at 4–12.) Therefore, the Court adopts the Report and Recommendation as the decision of

the Court.

The Report and Recommendation is hereby ADOPTED. 

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The Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus is hereby DENIED.

The Court GRANTS a certificate of appealability.

The Clerk of Court shall enter judgment accordingly.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: December 1, 2008

Honorable Barry Ted Moskowitz

United States District Judge

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