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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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 The record establishes that the copy of the Report and

Recommendation that the Clerk of the Court twice mailed to the petitioner was

twice returned to the Court as undeliverable, with the second one being returned

because the petitioner was no longer in the custody of the Arizona Department of

Corrections. The petitioner’s failure to obtain his copy of the Report and

Recommendation does not affect the Court’s entry of this order inasmuch as the

Court advised the petitioner in an order (doc. #2), entered on April 2, 2008, that

he had to file a notice of any change in his address, and the record reflects that

the petitioner understood that obligation as he has previously in this action twice

filed notices of his change in address.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Thomas John Burns, Jr.,

Petitioner,

vs.

Dora Schriro, et al.,

Respondents.

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No. CV-08-0641-PHX-PGR (MEA)

 

 ORDER

Having reviewed de novo the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate

Judge Aspey notwithstanding that no party has filed any objections to the Report

and Recommendation1

, the Court finds that Magistrate Judge Aspey correctly

concluded that the petitioner’s habeas petition, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 2254, should be dismissed as time-barred because the petitioner filed it after

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the applicable limitations period had expired and the petitioner has not

established that any ground for invoking the doctrine of equitable tolling exists. 

Therefore,

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

(doc. #13) is accepted and adopted by the Court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the petitioner’s Petition Under 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2254 for a Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody is denied as

time-barred and that this action is dismissed with prejudice. The Clerk of the

Court shall enter judgment accordingly.

DATED this 17th day of November, 2008.

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