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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

Thomas E. Betters, 

Petitioner, 

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McWilliams, Warden; Attorney General of

the State of Arizona, 

Respondents. 

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No. CV 06-0538 PHX NVW (DKD)

ORDER

Pending before the court is the Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) of Magistrate

Judge David K. Duncan (doc. # 13) regarding petitioner’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Doc. # 1). The R&R recommends that the Petition be

denied and dismissed with prejudice as untimely filed. (R&R at 2-3). The Magistrate Judge

advised the parties that they had ten days to file objections to the R&R. (Id. at 3 (citing

28 U.S.C. § 636(b)).

The parties did not file objections, which relieves the court of its obligation to review

any of the magistrate judge’s determinations in the R&R. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1);

Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b); United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003);

Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149 (1985) (“[Section 636(b)(1)] does not . . . require any

review at all . . . of any issue that is not the subject of an objection.”). The court has

nonetheless reviewed the R&R and finds that it is well taken because the Petition was

untimely filed. The court will accept the R&R and dismiss the Petition. See 28 U.S.C. §

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636(b)(1) (stating that the district court “may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part,

the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate”). 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Report and Recommendation of Magistrate

Judge Duncan (doc. # 13) is accepted.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (doc. # 1) is denied and dismissed with prejudice. The clerk

shall terminate this case.

DATED this 27th day of September 2006.

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