Salinas v. Highberger, No. 6:2022cv00839 - Document 32 (D. Or. 2023)

Court Description: OPINION AND ORDER ADOPTING THE FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATION: This Court ADOPTS the F&R, ECF 30 , and accordingly DENIES the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, ECF 2 . See attached Opinion and Order for details. Signed on 11/15/2023 by Judge Karin J. Immergut. (Deposited in outgoing mail to pro se party on 11/15/2023.) (pvh)

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Salinas v. Highberger Doc. 32 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON ELISEO LEE SALINAS, Case No. 6:22-cv-00839-YY OPINION AND ORDER ADOPTING THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION Petitioner, v. JOSHUA HIGHBERGER, Respondent. Eliseo Lee Salinas, 16780195, Oregon State Correctional Institution, 3405 Deer Park Drive SE, Salem, OR 97310. Pro Se Plaintiff. Nick M. Kallstrom, Oregon Department of Justice, 1162 Court Street, NE, Salem, OR 97301. Attorney for Defendant. IMMERGUT, District Judge. This Court has reviewed Judge You’s Findings and Recommendation (“F&R”), ECF 30. For the following reasons, the Court ADOPTS Judge You’s F&R and therefore DENIES the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, ECF 2. STANDARDS Under the Federal Magistrates Act (“Act”), as amended, the court may “accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). If a party objects to a magistrate judge’s F&R, “the court shall make a PAGE 1 – OPINION AND ORDER Dockets.Justia.com de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made.” Id. But the court is not required to review, de novo or under any other standard, the factual or legal conclusions of the F&R to which no objections are addressed. See Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149–50 (1985); United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc). Nevertheless, the Act “does not preclude further review by the district judge, sua sponte” whether de novo or under another standard. Thomas, 474 U.S. at 154. CONCLUSION Petitioner did not timely object to Judge You’s F&R. Nonetheless, this Court has reviewed de novo Judge You’s F&R, ECF 30, and now adopts it in full. This Court thus DENIES the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, ECF 2. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED this 15th day of November, 2023. /s/ Karin J. Immergut Karin J. Immergut United States District Judge PAGE 2 – OPINION AND ORDER

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