UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT LEE BILLIE, Case No. 2:21-cv-03305-VAP (SK)

Plaintiff, ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT v. AND RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT DEFENDANTS’ COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY et al, JUDGMENT

Defendants.

In accordance with

, the Court has reviewed the Report and Recommendation (R&R) to grant Defendants’ motions for summary judgment, Plaintiff’s objections (ECF 113), and any pertinent records as needed. Plaintiff’s objections, however, identify no specific portions of the R&R that are allegedly objectionable, as required to state valid objections. See

(b)(1)(C); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b); United States v. Reyna- Tapia,

(9th Cir. 2003) (en banc). Instead, the objections merely assert broad, blanket objections to the ultimate disposition recommended in the R&R, which cannot trigger de novo review. See McCullock v. Tharratt,

, at *1 (S.D. Cal. Dec. 15, 2017). In any event, the Court has conducted a de novo review of the R&R and considered Plaintiff’s broad, blanket objections. The Court concludes that nothing in those objections affects or refutes the material findings and conclusions in the R&R. The Court therefore accepts the recommendation and orders that Defendants’ motions for summary judgment be GRANTED for the reasons provided in the R&R. Judgment in Defendants’ favor will be entered accordingly. Any outstanding requests (ECF 95) are DENIED as moot. IT IS SO ORDERED. * x. A. P hla DATED: __ 5/11/23 VIRGINIA A. PHILLIPS United States District Judge