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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

Jeff Michael Welch, 

Petitioner, 

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Charles L. Ryan, et al., 

Respondents. 

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No. CV 09-0706 PHX-NVW (LOA)

ORDER

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

Judge Anderson (Doc. # 13) regarding petitioner’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Doc. # 1). The R&R recommends that the Respondents’

Motion to Dismiss (Doc. # 11) be granted and that the Petition be dismissed without

prejudice. The Magistrate Judge advised the parties that they had ten days to file objections

to the R&R. (R&R at 4 (citing 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)). The court has also considered

Petitioner’s late response, in which he raises no objection to the dismissal of this premature

Petition. (Doc. # 14.) The court has also considered the Magistrate Judge’s Supplement to

Report and Recommendation (doc. # 15), which requires no response, as it informs the court

of the status of the filings and of Petitioner’s consent to dismissal without prejudice.

The court has reviewed the R&R and finds that it is well taken. The court will accept

the R&R and dismiss the Petition without prejudice. 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. # 13) and the Supplement to Report and Recommendation (doc. # 15) are

accepted.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Respondents’ Motion to Dismiss (Doc. # 11)

is granted.

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

petitioner's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Doc. #

1) without prejudice. The Clerk shall terminate this action. 

DATED this 1st day of September, 2009.

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