Gleave-Riley v. Shinn et al
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ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION: Petitioner's Objection (Doc. 38 ) is OVERRULED. The Court ADOPTS 34 Report and Recommendation in its entirety. The Petition (Doc. 1) is DISMISSED with prejudice. A certificate of appealability and leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal are DENIED. The Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment accordingly and close the case. Signed by Judge Scott H Rash on 1/29/2025. (MCO)
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
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Caleb Oliver Gleave-Riley,
Petitioner,
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v.
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Attorney General of the State of Arizona, et
al.,
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No. CV-23-00059-TUC-SHR
Order Denying Objection to
Report & Recommendation
Respondents.
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Pending before the Court is a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) (Doc. 34)
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issued by United States Magistrate Judge Lynnette C. Kimmins recommending the Court
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dismiss the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Petitioner has filed an Objection (Doc.
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38) to which Respondents filed a Reply (Doc. 39).
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In his Petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, Petitioner alleged four claims: (1)
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ineffective assistance of counsel (IAC) based on erroneous advice regarding a plea offer;
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(2) cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments,
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as related to victim B.A.; (3) cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and
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Fourteenth Amendments based on the judge's statements at sentencing; and (4) a Fifth
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Amendment violation of his right to an adequate appeal. (Doc. 34 at 3.) Before the
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Magistrate Judge, Respondents asserted Claims 2, 3, and 4 are procedurally defaulted and
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Claim 1 is without merit. (Id.; see also Doc. 11 at 8–16.) The Magistrate Judge found
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Claims 2, 3, and 4 to be procedurally defaulted and Claim 1 to be without merit. (See
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generally Doc. 34.)
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When reviewing a magistrate judge’s R&R, this Court “may accept, reject, or
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modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate
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judge.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). “[T]he district judge must review the magistrate judge’s
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findings and recommendations de novo if objection is made, but not otherwise.” United
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States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc) (emphasis in
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original). However, objections to R&Rs “are not to be construed as a second opportunity
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to present the arguments already considered by the Magistrate Judge.” Betancourt v. Ace
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Ins. Co. of Puerto Rico, 313 F. Supp. 2d 32, 34 (D.P.R. 2004); see also Camardo v. Gen.
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Motors Hourly-Rate Emps. Pension Plan, 806 F. Supp. 380, 382 (W.D.N.Y. 1992) (“The
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purpose of the Federal Magistrates Act is to relieve courts of unnecessary work” and
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“[t]here is no increase in efficiency, and much extra work, when a party attempts to
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relitigate every argument which it presented to the Magistrate Judge.”). Additionally,
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district courts are not required to review any portion of an R&R to which no specific
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objection has been made. See, e.g., Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149–50 (1985) (“It
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does not appear that Congress intended to require district court review of a magistrate’s
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factual or legal conclusions, under a de novo or any other standard, when neither party
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objects to those findings.”).
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Petitioner objects to the R&R, raising some of the same concerns addressed in his
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Petition.
Specifically, Petitioner states if trial counsel had not “guaranteed and
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promised . . . he would win at trial, Petitioner would have . . . agreed to the 5 year plea.”
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(Doc. 38 at 1.) Petitioner also discusses various underlying facts of his criminal case and
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includes a brief discussion of what he believes is exculpatory evidence.
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Petitioner concludes with a generic request for this Court to “review [his] case.” (Id. at
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3.) However, Petitioner does not dispute he failed to properly raise Claims 2, 3, and 4 in
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state court, nor does he specifically assert the Magistrate Judge’s Strickland analysis for
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Claim 1 was incorrect. In their Reply, Respondents assert Petitioner “merely repeats his
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claims that he turned down a plea agreement because his trial counsel was ineffective and
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(Id. at 2.)
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that this ineffective assistance constitute[d] a ‘miscarriage of justice.’” (Doc. 39 at 1.)
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The Court agrees with the Magistrate Judge’s analysis and finds Petitioner’s objection too
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unspecific to warrant further review. Therefore, the Court will adopt the R&R in its
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entirety, overrule Petitioner’s objection, and dismiss the petition.
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I.
Conclusion
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IT IS ORDERED:
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(1) Petitioner's Objection (Doc. 38) is OVERRULED;
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(2) The Court ADOPTS the R&R in its entirety;
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(3) The Petition (Doc. 1) is DISMISSED with prejudice;
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(4) A certificate of appealability and leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal
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are DENIED. Petitioner has not demonstrated that reasonable jurists could find the
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ruling debatable or conclude that the issues presented are adequate to deserve
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encouragement to proceed further. See Neiss v. Bludworth, 114 F.4th 1038, 1046-47 n.1
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(9th Cir. 2024) (citing Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336 (2003)); see also Slack v.
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McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484–85 (2000); 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c); R. 11, Rules Governing
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Section 2254 Cases (2019); and
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(5) The Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment accordingly and close the case.
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Dated this 29th day of January, 2025.
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