1 2 'O' 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 Case No. CV 20-06216-CAS (PD) 12 KEITH DWAYNE EVANS, ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT 13 Petitioner, AND RECOMMENDATION OF 14 v. UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE AND 15 C. KOENIG, Warden, DENYING CERTIFICATE OF 16 Respondent. APPEALABILITY 17 18 Pursuant to

, the Court has reviewed the Petition, the 19 records on file, and the Report and Recommendation of the United States 20 Magistrate Judge. No objections to the Report and Recommendation have 21 been filed. The Court accepts the Report and adopts it as its own findings and 22 conclusions. 23 Further, the Court finds that Petitioner has not made a substantial 24 showing of the denial of a constitutional right or that it erred in its procedural 25 ruling and, therefore, a certificate of appealability is denied. See 28 U.S.C. 26 § 2253(c)(2); Fed. R. App. P. 22(b); Miller-El v. Cockrell,

, 336 27 28 1 || (2003); Slack v. McDaniel,

(2000). Accordingly, the Petition 2 || is dismissed without prejudice. 3 DATED: January 25, 2021 5 > *

7 CHRISTINA A. SNYDER UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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