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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 

Milton Lee Tucker, 

Petitioner, 

vs. 

Charles L. Ryan, et al., 

Respondent.

No. CV-12-1909-PHX-NVW

ORDER 

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

Magistrate Judge Anderson (Doc. 18) regarding petitioner’s Amended Petition for Writ 

of Habeas Corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Doc. 7). The R&R recommends 

that the Petition be denied. The Magistrate Judge advised the parties that they had 

fourteen days to file objections to the R&R. (Doc. 18 at 10 (citing 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)). 

Although no objection was filed in this action, the Court has considered the 

objections Petitioner filed in a parallel case, No. CV-12-0912-PHX-NVW, and reviewed 

the Report and Recommendation de novo. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b); 28 U.S.C. § 

636(b)(1) (stating that the court must make a de novo determination of those portions of 

the Report and Recommendation to which specific objections are made). The court 

agrees with the Magistrate Judge’s determinations, accepts the recommended decision 

within the meaning of Rule 72(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. See 28 U.S.C. 

§ 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”) 

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Report and Recommendation of the 

Magistrate Judge (Doc. 18) is accepted. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court enter judgment denying 

Petitioner's Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 

2254 (Doc. 7). The Clerk shall terminate this action. 

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

proceed in forma pauperis on appeal are denied because denial of the Petition is justified 

by a plain procedural bar and jurists of reason would not find the procedural ruling 

debatable. 

Dated this 20th day of December, 2013. 

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