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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

Howard Greathouse, 

Petitioner,

vs.

Shelly Sonberg, et al.,

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No. CV-06-3083-PHX-PGR (HCE)

 

 ORDER

Pending before the Court is Magistrate Judge Estrada’s Report and

Recommendation, wherein he recommends that petitioner Greathouse’s Petition

for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, be dismissed

because it was filed after the expiration of the limitations period of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act. Having considered the Report and

Recommendation de novo in light of Petitioner’s Objection to Recommendation

(doc. #25), the Court finds that the Magistrate Judge correctly determined that the

limitations period expired on July 19, 2004, that the petitioner did not commence

his habeas petition until December 22, 2006, that neither statutory nor equitable

tolling of the limitations period is applicable to this case, and that Blakely v.

Washington, 542 U.S. 296 (2004), is not retroactive. The Court further finds that

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the petitioner’s objections to the Report and Recommendation should be

overruled because the petitioner has not established that the conduct of his

counsel during his state court direct appeal and first petition for post-conviction

relief, even if was improper or ineffective in some manner, prevented him from

timely filing his federal habeas petition. Therefore,

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

(doc. #24) is accepted and adopted by the Court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that petitioner Greathouse’s Request for

Evidentiary Hearing (doc. #13), Motion for Summary Judgment (doc. #15), Motion

for Appointment of Counsel (doc. #26), and Request for Evidentiary Hearing (doc.

#27) are all denied.

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

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

denied as time-barred and that this action is dismissed. The Clerk of the Court

shall enter judgment accordingly.

DATED this 10th day of March, 2008.

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