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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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MINUTES OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Eric Dewayne Phillips v. Charles L. Ryan, et al 

THE HONORABLE JOHN W. SEDWICK 2:09-cv-00997 JWS

PROCEEDINGS: ORDER FROM CHAMBERS May 11, 2010

Eric Dewayne Phillips (“petitioner”) moves for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254. The matter was briefed. Thereafter, in a report at docket 21,

Magistrate Judge David Duncan recommended that the petition be denied and

dismissed with prejudice. Petitioner filed an objection at docket 22.

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

recommendations made by the magistrate.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). When reviewing a

magistrate judge’s recommendations in a case such as this one, this court conducts de

novo review of all recommended conclusions of law, and any recommended findings of

fact to which objections have been taken. Recommended findings of fact as to which

no objection has been taken are reviewed for clear error. Having applied those

standards of review, this court finds that the recommended findings of fact and

conclusions of law are correct in all material respects. Petitioner’s objections that he

was entitled to assistance from the court or the lawyer with respect to meeting the time

deadlines lack merit. See, Raspberry v. Garcia, 448 F3d 1150, 1154 (9th Cir. 2006)

and Moran v. McDaniel, 81 F.3d 1261, 1271 (9th Cir. 1996). Accordingly, this court

adopts Magistrate Judge Duncan’s recommendations at docket 21. Based thereon, the

petition at 1 is DENIED. The Clerk will please enter judgment dismissing the petition

with prejudice.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT this court will not grant the Certificate of

Appealability required by 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c), nor will it grant leave to proceed on

appeal in forma pauperis, because dismissal of the petition is clearly warranted by a

plain procedural bar, and jurists of reason would not find the procedural bar debatable. 

If petitioner desires to take an appeal he must request a Certificate of Appealabilty from

the Court of Appeals. See Fed. R. App. P. 22(b)(1).

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