Opinion
No. 1:15-CV-3159-SMJ
04-18-2016
BOBBY RAY ZAPIEN, Petitioner, v. MICHAEL OBENLAND, Respondent.
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
Before the Court is Magistrate Judge Rodgers' March 24, 2016 Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 18, recommending that the Court deny Petitioner Bobby Ray Zapien's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Petitioner did not file objections within 14 days as required. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72.
After reviewing the Report and Recommendation and the relevant authorities, the Court finds the Magistrate Judge's findings are correct. Therefore, the Court adopts the Report and Recommendation in its entirety.
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. The Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 18, is ADOPTED in its entirety.
2. The Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, ECF No. 1, is DENIED as to Petitioner's 2010 Yakima County conviction for first-degree murder.
3. The Respondent's Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 15, is GRANTED.
IT IS SO ORDERED. The Clerk's Office is directed to enter this Order and provide copies to all counsel, the Petitioner, and Magistrate Judge Rodgers.
DATED this 18th day of April 2016.
/s/_________
SALVADOR MENDOZA, JR.
United States District Judge