1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ELBERT LEE VAUGHT IV, Case No.: 21cv408-CAB-AGS 12 Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND 13 v. RECOMMENDATION [Doc. No. 26], DENYING AS MOOT MOTION FOR 14 KATHLEEN ALLISON, Secretary, RELEASE [Doc. No. 17] AND 15 Respondent. DISMISSING PETITION [Doc. No. 1] WITHOUT PREJUDICE 16 17 On March 5, 2021, Petitioner Elbert Lee Vaught IV (“Petitioner”), a state prisoner 18 proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus 19 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, [Doc. No. 1.] On November 8, 2021, Respondent filed an 20 answer to the petition and lodged the state court record. [Doc. Nos. 14, 15.] On 21 November 22, 2021, Petitioner filed a traverse [Doc. No. 16] and a motion for release 22 from custody [Doc. No. 17]. 23 On August 5, 2022, Petitioner filed a notice of change of address indicating that he 24 had been released from custody. [Doc. No. 21.] On August 9, 2022, Magistrate Judge 25 Andrew G. Schopler requested further briefing on whether there is still an Article III case 26 or controversy given that Petitioner has been released from custody. [Doc. No. 22.] On 27 August 18, 2022, Respondent filed further briefing. [Doc. Nos. 23 and 24.] 28 1 On August 25, 2022, Magistrate Judge Schopler issued a Report and 2 Recommendation (“Report”), recommending that the Court dismiss the Petition without 3 prejudice and deny as moot the motion for release. [Doc. No. 26.] The Report also 4 ordered that any objections were to be filed by September 10, 2022. [Doc. No. 26.] To 5 date, no objection has been filed, nor has there been a request for additional time in which 6 to file an objection. 7 A district court’s duties concerning a magistrate judge’s report and 8 recommendation and a respondent’s objections thereto are set forth in Rule 72(b) of the 9 Federal rules of Civil Procedure and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). When no objections are 10 filed, the district court is not required to review the magistrate judge’s report and 11 recommendation. The Court reviews de novo those portions of the Report and 12 Recommendation to which objections are made. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). The Court may 13 “accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by 14 the magistrate judge.” Id. However, “[t]he statute makes it clear that the district judge 15 must review the magistrate judge's findings and recommendations de novo if objection is 16 made, but not otherwise.” United States v. Reyna–Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th 17 Cir.2003) (en banc) (emphasis in original). “Neither the Constitution nor the statute 18 requires a district judge to review, de novo, findings and recommendations that the 19 parties themselves accept as correct.” Id. 20 Here, neither party has timely filed objections to the Report. Having reviewed it, 21 the Court finds that it is thorough, well-reasoned, and contains no clear error. 22 Accordingly, the Court HEREBY ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Schopler’s Report and 23 Recommendation [Doc. No. 26] in its entirety. For the reasons stated in the Report, 24 which is incorporated herein by reference, the Court DENIES AS MOOT the motion for 25 release [Doc. No. 17] and DISMISSES the Petition [Doc. No. 1] WITHOUT 26 PREJUDICE. 27 28 1 Moreover, because the Court does not believe that reasonable jurists would find the 2 || Court’s assessment of the constitutional claims debatable or wrong it DECLINES to 3 ||issue a Certificate of Appealability. See Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000). 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. 5 Dated: September 16, 2022 € □ 6 Hon. Cathy Ann Bencivengo 7 United States District Judge 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28