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FILED
                           NOT FOR PUBLICATION
                                                                             JAN 23 2023
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                          U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

                            FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ANTHONY BOGARIN,                                 No.   21-55693

              Petitioner-Appellant,              D.C. No.
                                                 3:16-cv-02793-BTM-MSB
 v.

S. HATTON, Warden; XAVIER                        MEMORANDUM*
BECERRA,

              Respondents-Appellees.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Southern District of California
                  Barry Ted Moskowitz, District Judge, Presiding

                           Submitted January 13, 2023**
                              Pasadena, California

Before: CALLAHAN, R. NELSON, and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

      Anthony Bogarin appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to reopen

the time to file an appeal of the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus

petition challenging his conviction for attempted first degree burglary. We have

      *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
      **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for abuse of discretion an order

denying a motion to reopen, In re Stein, 197 F.3d 421, 424 (9th Cir. 1999), and we

affirm.

      1.      The district court denied Bogarin’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

in June 2020. However, Bogarin did not file a timely petition for review. Rather, in

April 2021, Bogarin filed a motion for an extension of time to file an appeal,

claiming that he did not receive notice of the denial until March 2021. Because

there are no exceptions to reopening beyond 180 days from the entry of judgment,

the district court properly concluded that Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure

4(a)(6) and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) precluded relief.1 See In re Stein,

197 F.3d at 425–26.

      2.      Bogarin raises one uncertified issue on appeal, arguing that he sent a

letter in September 2019 in response to the magistrate judge’s report and

recommendation, which he asks us to construe as a timely appeal. Even assuming

that Bogarin sent such a letter, a premature appeal of the magistrate judge’s report

and recommendation is not cured by the district court’s subsequent entry of final

judgment. See Serine v. Peterson, 989 F.2d 371, 372–73 (9th Cir. 1993).

Accordingly, we decline to consider this uncertified issue, because Bogarin failed

      1
          Bogarin acknowledges that we are bound by In re Stein.
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to make the required “substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.”

See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2); see also Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 483–84

(2000).

      AFFIRMED.

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