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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Federal)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Thomas W. Glynn,

Petitioner,

vs.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio,

Respondent.

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No. CV-08-0523-PHX-PGR (MHB)

 

 ORDER

Petitioner, while incarcerated on state criminal charges, filed a petition

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 seeking either an arraignment on, or the dismissal

of, a related federal indictment pending in this Court in United States v. Glynn,

CR-07-1323-PHX-GMS. The petitioner stated in his petition that more than 100

days had passed since he had been federally indicted and he had not yet been

arraigned. In an order entered on June 13, 2008, Magistrate Judge Burns

ordered the petitioner to show cause why his petition should not be dismissed as

moot because he had by then been arraigned on the federal charge underlying

his petition. The Magistrate Judge entered her pending Report and

Recommendation on July 1, 2008, noting that the petitioner had not responded to

the show cause order and recommending that the petition be dismissed as moot. 

On September 30, 2008, the petitioner filed a letter stating that he had not timely

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responded to the show cause order because his place of incarceration had been

changed and he had not received the show cause order until August 8, 2008; he

requested that he be allowed to file a late response to the show cause order.

The Court concludes that a response to the show cause order by the

petitioner would be a useless act at this time because the record in CR-07-1323-

PHX-GMS establishes the following: that the petitioner was arraigned on the

federal charge on May 7, 2008, that he pleaded guilty to the federal charge on

August 19, 2008, and that he was sentenced on the federal charge on December

10, 2008. Since the petitioner’s federal criminal case has now been terminated, 

this action is moot. Therefore,

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

(doc. #19) is accepted and adopted by the Court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the petitioner’s Petition Under 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2241 for a Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in Federal Custody is denied as

moot and that this action is dismissed. The Clerk of the Court shall enter

judgment accordingly.

DATED this 21st day of January, 2009.

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