Opinion
Case No. 1:04-cv-573.
April 4, 2006
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This is a habeas corpus action brought by a state prisoner pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner received a jury trial in Oakland County Circuit Court in January 2002. The jury found petitioner guilty of carrying a concealed weapon, MICH. COMP. LAWS § 750.227, felonious assault, MICH. COMP. LAWS § 750.82, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, MICH. COMP. LAWS § 750.227b. Petitioner was unable to convince Michigan's appellate courts to overturn his convictions. He filed a timely petition in this court for a writ of habeas corpus. The matter is now before the court for de novo review on petitioner's objections (docket # 27) to a thirty-seven page report and recommendation filed on March 16, 2006, by United States Magistrate Judge Joseph G. Scoville recommending that the petition be denied for lack of merit in the grounds raised. (docket # 26).
Petitioner makes a general objection to the report and recommendation. (docket # 27 at 2). The failure to file specific objections to a magistrate's report and recommendation generally constitutes a waiver of those objections, and a general objection is treated as a failure to object. See Cowherd v. Million, 380 F.3d 909, 912 (6th Cir. 2004). The court finds that petitioner has waived any objections. Assuming arguendo that petitioner had filed specific objections, the court would, in any event, find persuasive the report and recommendation's analysis and recommendation that the petition be denied.
Accordingly, the report and recommendation will be adopted as the court's opinion and the petition will be denied.