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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

Nathaniel Turner Jr., 

Petitioner, 

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Dora Schriro, et al. 

Respondents. 

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No. CV 05-2209-PHX-SMM

ORDER

On April 28, 2006, Magistrate Judge Morton Sitver filed a Report and

Recommendation, advising this Court that Petitioner's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

and this action should be dismissed. [Doc. No. 12] Petitioner moved this Court for an

extension of time in which to file his objections to the Report and Recommendation. [Doc.

No. 13] The Court granted Petitioner's Motion and allowed Petitioner until June 14, 2006 to

file his objections. [Doc. No. 14] To date, Petitioner has not filed objections to Judge Sitver's

Report and Recommendation.

STANDARD OF REVIEW

When reviewing a Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, this Court must

"make a de novo determination of those portions of the report . . . to which objection is

made" and "may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or

recommendations made by the magistrate judge." 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C); see also Baxter

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v. Sullivan, 923 F.2d 1391, 1394 (9th Cir. 1991) (citing Britt v. Simi Valley Unified Sch.

Dist., 708 F.2d 452, 454 (9th Cir. 1983)). 

By failing to object to a Report and Recommendation, a party waives its right to

challenge the Magistrate Judge's factual findings, but not necessarily the Magistrate Judge's

legal conclusions. Baxter, 923 F.2d at 1394; see also Turner v. Duncan, 158 F.3d 449, 455

(9th Cir. 1998) (failure to object to Magistrate Judge's legal conclusion "is a factor to be

weighed in considering the propriety of finding waiver of an issue on appeal"); Martinez v.

Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir. 1991) (citing McCall v. Andrus, 628 F.2d 1185, 1187

(9th Cir. 1980)).

DISCUSSION

Having reviewed the legal conclusions of the Report and Recommendation of the

Magistrate Judge, and no objections having been made by Plaintiff thereto, the Court hereby

incorporates and adopts the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation.

CONCLUSION

For the reasons set forth, 

IT IS ORDERED that the Court adopts the Report and Recommendation of

Magistrate Judge Morton Sitver. [Doc. No. 12]

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

[Doc. No. 1] is DENIED and this action is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. The Clerk of

Court shall terminate this action accordingly.

DATED this 20th day of June, 2006.

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