1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 10 RUBEN ADRIAN CORTES, JR., Case No. 2:23-cv-09999-CV-SSC 11 Petitioner, ORDER ACCEPTING 12 v. FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF 13 STEPHEN SMITH, Acting UNITED STATES 14 Warden, MAGISTRATE JUDGE AND DENYING CERTIFICATE OF 15 Respondent. APPEALABILITY 16 17 Pursuant to

the Court has reviewed the Petition, 18 all of the records herein, the Report and Recommendation of United 19 States Magistrate Judge, and Petitioner’s objections to the Report and 20 Recommendation. The Court has engaged in a de novo review of those 21 portions of the Report and Recommendation to which Petitioner has 22 objected. The Court accepts the findings and conclusions of the 23 Magistrate Judge in the Report and Recommendation. 24 IT IS ORDERED that judgment be entered denying the petition 25 and dismissing this action with prejudice. 26 Further, the Court finds that Petitioner has not made a 27 1 | court erred in its procedural ruling and, therefore, a certificate of 2 | appealability will not issue in this action. See

(c)(2); 3 | Fed. R. App. P. 22(b); Miller-El v. Cockrell,

(2003); 4 | Slack v. McDaniel,

(2000). 5 6 | DATED: 7/14/25 yeath la Valenzuela 7 NORABLE CYNTHIA VALENZUELA UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28