Opinion
No. 3:18-CV-05975-RBL-DWC
08-30-2019
ANGELINO L PENA, Petitioner, v. DONALD R HOLBROOK, Respondent.
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
THIS MATTER is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge David W. Christel [Dkt. # 25], and the underlying record.
(1) The Report and Recommendation is ADOPTED.
(2) Pena's federal habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 is DENIED.
(3) The Court will NOT issue a Certificate of Appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2), for the reasons articulated in the Report and Reccomendation.
(4) As Pena has been granted in forma pauperis, in forma pauperis may continue on appeal. See Rule of Appellate Procedure 24(a)(3).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED this 30th day of August, 2019.
/s/_________
Ronald B. Leighton
United States District Judge