Bowen v. Blaine

MEMORANDUM

EDUARDO C. ROBRENO, District Judge.

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John Bowen (“Petitioner” .or “Bowen”), a state prisoner, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Presently before the court is the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge recommending that the petition be denied and dismissed. In arriving at that conclusion, the Magistrate Judge found that Petitioner’s claims of insufficiency of the evidence were procedurally defaulted. Moreover, the Magistrate Judge concluded that Petitioner’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel based…