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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

Kenneth R. Bennett,

Petitioner,

vs.

Dora B. Schriro, et al.,

Respondents.

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No. CV-06-3063-PHX-PGR (GEE)

 

 ORDER

Having reviewed Magistrate Judge Edmonds’ Report and

Recommendation de novo in light of the petitioner’s Objections to the Report and

Recommendation (doc. #15), the Court finds that the objections are meritless as

a matter of law and that the Magistrate Judge correctly determined that the

petitioner’s § 2254 petition should be dismissed as time-barred. The record

establishes that the AEDPA’s one-year limitations period expired early in

February of 2003, that the petitioner did not file his § 2254 petition until December

21, 2006, and that no grounds exist on which to invoke any tolling of the

limitations period. Therefore,

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

(doc. #14) is accepted and adopted by the Court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the petitioner’s Petition for Writ of Habeas

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Corpus by a Person in State Custody Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 is denied and

that this action is dismissed with prejudice as time-barred. The Clerk of the Court

shall enter judgment accordingly.

DATED this 4th day of October, 2007.

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