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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 

Jose Luis Pita-Mota, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

USA, 

Respondent.

No. CV-13-02141-PHX-GMS

No. CR-09-1114-PHX-GMS 

ORDER 

 This action was initially filed on October 21, 2013 on a Motion to Vacate, Set 

Aside or Correct Sentence (Doc. 1). 

 On November 12, 2014, Magistrate Judge Burns issued a Report and 

Recommendation (“R&R”) (Doc. 6). After the time to respond and/or object to the R&R 

had expired, on December 5, 2014, the Court issued its Order accepting the R&R and 

directing the Clerk of Court to enter Judgment (Docs. 7, 8). On May 11, 2015, five 

months later, Petitioner filed a Motion to Vacate Clerk’s Judgment and after its initial 

review, but before Respondent was able to respond, the Court entered an Order (Doc. 10) 

vacating its initial order accepting the R&R and reopening the action. Petitioner was 

given until July 10, 2015 to file a response and/or objection to the R&R. On May 21, 

2015, the Respondent filed a Motion for Reconsideration and Response to the Motion to 

Vacate (Doc. 11). The Court then directed Petitioner to respond to the Motion for 

Reconsideration by June 17, 2015 (Doc. 13). Instead of responding, on June 22, 2015, 

Petitioner filed a Motion for Leave to Amend and Memorandum (Docs. 14, 16). 

Petitioner did not file a response to the Motion for Reconsideration until July 20, 2015 

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(Doc. 22) and never filed a response and/or objection to the R&R which was due on July 

10, 205. In light of this, 

IT IS ORDERED as follows: 

 1. Respondent’s Motion for Reconsideration (Doc. 11) is granted. 

 2. The R&R (Doc. 6) is accepted and Petitioner’s Motion to Vacate, Set 

Aside or Correct Sentence (Doc. 1) is denied and dismissed with prejudice, as detailed 

in the Court’s Order (Doc. 7). 

 3. Petitioner’s Motion to for Leave to Amend (Doc. 14) is denied as moot. 

 4. The Clerk of Court shall terminate this action. 

 5. Pursuant to Rule 11(a) of the Rules Governing Section 2255 Cases, in the 

event Movant files an appeal, the Court declines to issue a certificate of appealability 

because reasonable jurists would not find the Court’s procedural ruling debatable. See 

Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000). 

 Dated this 28th day of July, 2015. 

Honorable G. Murray Snow

United States District Judge

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