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Nature of Suit Code: 510
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Vacate Sentence
Cause of Action: 28:2255 Motion to Vacate / Correct Illegal Sentence

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Damiana Barboza-Lozano,

Petitioner,

v. 

USA,

Respondent.

No. CV-18-04075-PHX-JJT (DMF)

CR-16-00942-02-PHX-JJT

ORDER 

Movant Damiana Barboza-Lozano filed a Motion to Vacate, Set Aside or Correct 

Sentence Under 28 U.S.C. 2255 (Doc. 1) in her criminal matter, 16-CR-00942-02-PHXJJT. At issue is the Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) (Doc. 18) submitted in this 

matter by United States Magistrate Judge Deborah M. Fine recommending that the Court 

dismiss that 2255 Motion with prejudice. In the R&R, Judge Fine clearly advised Movant 

that she had fourteen days to file any objections to the R&R, and if she failed to do so, 

she would waive her right to de novo appellate consideration of the issue pursuant to 

United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114., 1121, (9th Cir. 2003), and her right to 

appellate review of this Court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law in an order or 

judgment entered pursuant to the R&R. (Doc. 18 at 8.) The time for objection has now 

long passed and Movant filed none. The Court is thus entitled to adopt the R&R and the 

findings and conclusions therein. It nonetheless independently reviewed the matter. Upon 

that review, the Court concludes that Judge Fine’s recommendations and the factual and 

legal bases for it are sound. 

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The Motion is untimely under AEDPA. As Judge Fine noted, the Court sentenced 

Movant in the underlying criminal matter on August 25, 2017. She did not appeal and the 

judgment therefore became final fourteen days later on September 8, 2017. AEDPA’s 

one-year limitation period began to run on that day and expired September 8, 2018. 

Movant filed November 1, 2018, which is nearly two months untimely. She stated no 

grounds in her Motion for statutory or equitable tolling and does not argue actual 

innocence for purposes of Schlupp gateway consideration. Finally, Lee v. United States,

__ U.S. __, 137 S. Ct. 1958 (2017) provides her no relief as set forth by Judge Fine.

IT IS ORDERED adopting in while Judge Fine’s R&R. (Doc. 18.)

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED dismissing with prejudice, as untimely without 

excuse or exception, the instant Motion to Vacate, Set Aside or Correct Sentence Under 

28 U.S.C. 2255. (Doc. 1.)

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall enter judgment 

accordingly and close this matter,

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED denying a certificate of appealability. Dismissal of 

the Motion is justified by a plain procedural bar and reasonable jurists would not find the 

procedural ruling debatable.

Dated this 6th day of January, 2020.

Honorable John J. Tuchi

United States District Judge

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