McNeill v. Ryan et al

Filing 16

ORDER that the 15 Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation is ACCEPTED. Petitioner's 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is denied and dismissed with prejudice; in the event Petitioner files an appeal, issuance of a certificate of appealability is denied; and the Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment of dismissal with prejudice. Signed by Senior Judge James A Teilborg on 6/11/2013. (LFIG)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

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Robert Kent McNeill,

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Petitioner,

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vs.

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Charles Ryan, et al.,
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Respondents.
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No. CV 11-1732-PHX-JAT
ORDER

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Pending before the Court is Petitioner’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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(“Petition”) (Doc. 1). The Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”)

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(Doc. 15) recommending that the Petition be denied.

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Neither party has filed objections to the R&R. Accordingly, the Court hereby accepts

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the R&R. See Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149 (1985) (finding that district courts are not

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required to conduct “any review at all . . . of any issue that is not the subject of an objection”

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(emphasis added)); United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003) (en

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banc) (“statute makes it clear that the district judge must review the magistrate judge’s

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findings and recommendations de novo if objection is made, but not otherwise” (emphasis

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in original)); see also Schmidt v. Johnstone, 263 F.Supp.2d 1219, 1226 (D. Ariz. 2003).

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Based on the foregoing,

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Magistrate Judge’s Report and

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Recommendation (Doc. 15) is ACCEPTED; accordingly,

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Petitioner’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. 1) is denied and
dismissed with prejudice,

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in the event Petitioner files an appeal, issuance of a certificate of appealability

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is denied because denial of the petition is based on a plain procedural bar and

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jurists of reason would not find this Court’s procedural ruling debatable. See

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Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000), and

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the Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment of dismissal with prejudice.

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DATED this 11th day of June, 2013.

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