District Court, D. Massachusetts February 14, 2002, CIV.A. 00CV11765RGS (Martinez v. Spencer)

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ORDER

STEARNS, District Judge.

On January 25, 2002, the petitioner filed an objection to Magistrate Judge Bowler’s Report and Recommendation. Despite petitioner’s argument that trial counsel’s failure to impeach Melissa Gaulin, and his failure to seek to exclude inadmissible evidence that bolstered her testimony, constituted ineffective assistance, I agree with Magistrate Judge Bowler’s