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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

Bobby Jerry Tatum, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

Charles L. Ryan, et al., 

Respondents. 

No. CV-15-711-PHX-DJH (BSB)

ORDER 

 This matter is before the Court on Petitioner’s Motion to Stay Federal 

Proceedings; Motion for Authorization to Represent Petitioner in Post-Conviction 

Proceedings (Doc. 25) and the Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) issued by United 

States Magistrate Judge Bridget S. Bade (Doc. 27). Petitioner is represented by counsel 

in this case. Petitioner’s counsel asserts in the motion to stay that Respondents do not 

oppose the motion. 

 Judge Bade has explained the procedural history and status of this habeas case in 

the R&R and the Court need not repeat it here. After consideration of the matter, Judge 

Bade recommends that Petitioner’s motion be granted. 

 Judge Bade advised the parties that they had fourteen days to file objections and 

that the failure to file timely objections "may result in the acceptance of the Report and 

Recommendation by the District Court without further review." (Doc. 27 at 3) (citing 

United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc)). Although 

the time for objections has not expired, the Court sees no need to wait for the deadline 

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before ruling given that the parties are in agreement on this issue. 

 The Court has reviewed the R&R and agrees with its findings and 

recommendations. In light of the parties’ agreement that a stay is warranted here, and 

Judge Bade’s well-reasoned recommendation to grant the request, the Court will accept 

the R&R and grant the motion. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C) (“A judge of the court may 

accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by 

the magistrate judge.”); Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b)(3) (same). 

 Accordingly, 

IT IS ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Bade's R&R (Doc. 27) is accepted and 

adopted as the order of this Court. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Petitioner’s Motion to Stay Federal 

Proceedings; Motion for Authorization to Represent Petitioner in Post-Conviction 

Proceedings (Doc. 25) is GRANTED. 

 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this matter is STAYED under the terms set 

forth in the R&R (Doc. 27 at 2-3). 

IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that, while the stay is in place, Petitioner’s CJA 

counsel, Sarah Stone, is authorized to represent Petitioner in a petition for writ of 

certiorari and state post-conviction proceedings resulting therefrom. 

Dated this 1st day of April, 2016. 

Honorable Diane J. Humetewa

United States District Judge 

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