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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

PAUL D. SMITH, )

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Plaintiff, ) CASE NO. 2:05-cv-00722 PHX JWS

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vs. ) ORDER FROM CHAMBERS

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ARIZONA CORRECTIONS DEPT., ) [Re: Report and Recommendation

et al., ) at Docket 17]

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Defendants. )

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I. MATTER PRESENTED

Before the court is a report and recommendation filed by Magistrate Judge

Anderson at docket 17. The magistrate judge recommends dismissing without

prejudice plaintiff’s claims against the two remaining defendants on the ground he failed

to serve them pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m) and the court’s order at

docket 16. Plaintiff has not filed an objection to the report and recommendation.

II. STANDARD OF REVIEW

The district court may “accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings

or recommendations made by the magistrate.”1

 When reviewing a magistrate judge’s

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Id.

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Barilla v. Ervin, 886 F.2d 1514, 1518 (9th Cir. 1989), overruled on other grounds by

Simpson v. Lear Astronics Corp., 77 F.3d 1170, 1174 (9th Cir. 1996).

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Taberer v. Armstrong World Indus., Inc., 954 F.2d 888, 906 (3d Cir. 1992).

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report and recommendation in a habeas case, the district court reviews de novo findings

of fact2

 and conclusions of law and to which parties object.3 The court reviews for clear

error uncontested findings of fact.4

 

III. DISCUSSION

Having reviewed the report and recommendation according to the standard

articulated above, the court ACCEPTS it. Plaintiff’s claims against defendants Trawick

and John Doe Badge #12926 are DISMISSED without prejudice for failure to serve.

DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 21st day of June, 2006.

______________/s/_______________

JOHN W. SEDWICK

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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