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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 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

PINE BLUFF DIVISION 

GILBERTO GUERRA 

ADC #123482 PETITIONER 

v. No. 5:16-cv-57-DPM 

WENDY KELLEY, Director, ADC RESPONDENT 

ORDER 

1. Motions, NQ 19, 24, & 29, denied. A request to dismiss on procedural 

grounds isn't the same as a substantive answer. Rules 4 & 5 of the Rules 

Governing§ 2254 Cases, and Advisory Committee Notes. 

2. On de nova review, the Court adopts the recommendation, NQ 25, as 

modified and overrules Guerra's objections, NQ 30-31. FED. R. Crv.P. 72(b)(3). 

3. The modifications. First, Guerra's habeas petition was due by 

6 October 2003-not 2002. NQ 25 at 3; Camacho v. Hobbs, 774 F.3d 931, 934-35 

(8th Cir. 2015). Nonetheless, his petition was still almost thirteen years late. 

Second, the recommendation's language echoing Kreutzer might give 

the impression that Guerra has counsel. NQ 25 at 4. He doesn't. But 

Magistrate Judge Kearney's conclusion still holds: Guerra hasn't shown 

extraordinary circumstances warranting equitable tolling. E.g., Cross-Bey v. 

Gammon, 322 F.3d 1012, 1015-16 (8th Cir. 2003). 

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Third, Guerra suggests he's actually innocent. NQ 2 at 103-08; NQ 31 

at 6-7. But he falls far short of making the showing required to bypass the 

statute of limitations or excuse his procedural default. McQuiggin v. Perkins, 

133 S. Ct. 1924, 1928 (2013); House v. Bell, 547 U.S. 518, 536-39 (2006). 

Fourth, Guerra's successful § 1983 case in the W estem District of 

Arkansas, NQ 29 at 27-37, established that he was beaten, and placed in the 

restraint chair for several hours on three occasions, while he was a pretrial 

detainee in the Benton County Detention Center. Those constitutional 

violations, though, don't undermine the limitations and default bars that 

prevent this Court from considering his habeas petition on the merits. 

4. Guerra's claims are time-barred and procedurally defaulted. His 

petition, NQ 2, will therefore be dismissed with prejudice. No certificate of 

appealability will issue. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(l)-(2). 

So Ordered. 

D.P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

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