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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Albert Lee Johnson,

Petitioner,

vs.

Charles L. Ryan, et al.,

Respondents.

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No. CV-08-0231-PHX-PGR (JCG)

 

 ORDER

Having reviewed de novo the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate

Judge Guerin in light of the petitioner’s Motion Objecting to the Magistrate Judge

Report and Recommendation (doc. #24), the Court finds that it cannot reach the

merits of the petitioner’s habeas petition, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254,

because the petition was filed after the expiration of the AEDPA’s one-year

statute of limitations.

The Court agrees with the Magistrate Judge that the habeas petition, which

the petitioner signed on February 1, 2008 and which was received by the Court

on February 4, 2008, is time-barred because AEDPA’s limitations period expired

on March 26, 2005.

Notwithstanding the petitioner’s contention that the limitations period

should be either statutorily or equitably tolled because he is a pro se

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litigant who lacked adequate access to a law library or a prison paralegal while he

was housed in a segregation unit, the Court agrees with the Magistrate Judge

that no tolling is available because the petitioner has not demonstrated that the

alleged inadequacies of the prison legal system made it impossible for him to

timely file his federal habeas petition. Therefore,

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

(doc. #23) 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 fo the

Court shall enter judgment accordingly.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no certificate of appealability shall issue.

DATED this 20th day of January, 2010.

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