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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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NOT FOR PUBLICATION 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Javier Portillo-Diaz, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

Charles L. Ryan, et al., 

Respondents.

No. CV-15-01172-PHX-JJT

ORDER 

 At issue is Petitioner Javier Portillo-Diaz’s Petition under 28 U.S.C. §2254 for 

Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. 1). United States Magistrate Judge James F. Metcalf issued 

a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) in the matter recommending denial and 

dismissal of the Petition (Doc. 16). The time to object passed over two months ago and 

no party has objected, timely or otherwise. The Court thus may accept the R&R without 

further review. United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003). The 

Court nonetheless has conducted its own review of the Petition, and for the reasons set 

forth in the R&R, which the Court will adopt in whole, it will deny and dismiss the 

Petition. 

 In the 44-page R&R, Judge Metcalf thoroughly and painstakingly analyzed the 

many issues and sub-issues raised in the instant Petition, and because this Court will 

adopt the recommendations set forth in the R&R, it will not restate those issues or their 

resolution here. The Court finds Judge Metcalf’s analysis on each point to be correct. 

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 IT IS ORDERED adopting Magistrate Judge Metcalf’s R&R (Doc. 16) in its 

entirety and incorporating same into this Order. 

 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED denying the substantive actual innocence claims in 

Grounds Three and Four of the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2254 (Doc. 1). 

 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED dismissing the remainder of the Petition with 

prejudice. 

 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED denying a Certificate of Appealability and leave to 

proceed in forma pauperis on appeal in this matter because the dismissal of the instant 

Petition is justified by a plain procedural bar and jurists of reason would not find the 

procedural ruling debatable. 

 Dated this 2nd day of September, 2016. 

Honorable John J. Tuchi 

United States District Judge 

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