Farnsworth v. Ryan et al

Filing 13

ORDER - that the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 12) is accepted and adopted by the Court. FURTHER ORDERED that the petitioner's Petition Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for a Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custod y is denied and that this action is dismissed with prejudice. FURTHER ORDERED that no certificate of appealability shall issue and that the petitioner shall not be allowed to appeal in forma pauperis because the dismissal of the habeas petition is justified by a plain procedural bar and jurists of reason would not find the procedural ruling debatable. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment accordingly. Signed by Judge Paul G Rosenblatt on 5/2/11. (KMG)

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1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 10 Lewis K. Farnsworth, Petitioner, 11 12 13 14 vs. Charles L. Ryan, et al., Respondents. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. CV-10-2803-PHX-PGR (DKD) ORDER 15 16 Having reviewed de novo the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate 17 Judge Duncan notwithstanding that no party has filed any objections to the 18 Report and Recommendation, the Court finds that the Magistrate Judge correctly 19 concluded that the petitioner’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, timely filed 20 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, should be dismissed because both of the 21 petitioner’s claims raised therein were procedurally defaulted inasmuch as the 22 petitioner did not fairly present either one to the state courts, and that his failure 23 to do so cannot be excused because the petitioner has not established any cause 24 for the procedural defaults or any prejudice arising from the alleged constitutional 25 errors, or that a fundamental miscarriage of justice will result from the Court not 26 deciding these defaulted claims. Therefore, 1 2 IT IS ORDERED that the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation (Doc. 12) is accepted and adopted by the Court. 3 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the petitioner’s Petition Under 28 U.S.C. 4 § 2254 for a Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody is denied and 5 that this action is dismissed with prejudice. 6 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no certificate of appealability shall issue 7 and that the petitioner shall not be allowed to appeal in forma pauperis because 8 the dismissal of the habeas petition is justified by a plain procedural bar and 9 jurists of reason would not find the procedural ruling debatable. 10 11 12 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment accordingly. DATED this 2nd day of May, 2011. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 -2-

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