Pierce #232807 v. Ryan et al

Filing 22

ORDER - Magistrate Judge Burns 21 R&R, is ACCEPTED. Petitioner's 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, is DENIED and DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. A Certificate of Appealability and leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal are DENIED becau se Petitioner has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right, and because the dismissal of the Petition is justified by a plain procedural bar and jurists of reason would not find the procedural ruling debatable. The Clerk of the Court shall terminate this case. Signed by Judge Douglas L Rayes on 03/18/2016. (ATD)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

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John Balla Pierce,

No. CV-15-00899-PHX-DLR
Petitioner,

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v.

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ORDER

Charles L. Ryan, et al.,

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Respondents.

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Before the Court are Petitioner John Balla Pierce’s Petition for Writ of Habeas

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Corpus and United States Magistrate Judge Michelle H. Burns’ Report and

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Recommendation (“R&R”). (Docs. 1, 21.) The R&R recommends that the Court deny

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the Petition. (Doc. 21 at 13.) The Magistrate Judge advised the parties that they had

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fourteen days to file objections to the R&R and that failure to file timely objections could

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be considered a waiver of the right to obtain review of the R&R. (Id. at 13-14 (citing

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Fed. R. Civ. P. 72; United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003)).

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Petitioner did not file objections, which relieves the Court of its obligation to

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review the R&R. See Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d at 1121; Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149

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(1985) (“[Section 636(b)(1)] does not . . . require any review at all . . . of any issue that is

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not the subject of an objection.”); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3) (“The district judge must

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determine de novo any part of the magistrate judge’s disposition that has been properly

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objected to.”). The Court has nonetheless reviewed the R&R and finds that it is well-

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taken. The Court will accept the R&R and deny the Petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)

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(stating that the district court “may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the

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findings or recommendations made by the magistrate”); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3) (“The

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district judge may accept, reject, or modify the recommended disposition; receive further

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evidence; or return the matter to the magistrate judge with instructions.”).

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IT IS ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Burns’ R&R, (Doc. 21), is ACCEPTED.

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Petitioner’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, (Doc. 1), is DENIED and DISMISSED

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WITH PREJUDICE.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a Certificate of Appealability and leave to

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proceed in forma pauperis on appeal are DENIED because Petitioner has not made a

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substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right, and because the dismissal of

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the Petition is justified by a plain procedural bar and jurists of reason would not find the

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procedural ruling debatable.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall terminate this
case.
Dated this 18th day of March, 2016.

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Douglas L. Rayes
United States District Judge

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