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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

Lewis K. Farnsworth,

 Petitioner,

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Charles L. Ryan, et al.,

 Respondents.

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No. CV-10-2803-PHX-PGR (DKD)

 

 ORDER

 

Having reviewed de novo the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate

Judge Duncan notwithstanding that no party has filed any objections to the

Report and Recommendation, the Court finds that the Magistrate Judge correctly

concluded that the petitioner’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, timely filed

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, should be dismissed because both of the

petitioner’s claims raised therein were procedurally defaulted inasmuch as the

petitioner did not fairly present either one to the state courts, and that his failure

to do so cannot be excused because the petitioner has not established any cause

for the procedural defaults or any prejudice arising from the alleged constitutional

errors, or that a fundamental miscarriage of justice will result from the Court not

deciding these defaulted claims. Therefore,

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

(Doc. 12) is accepted and adopted by the Court.

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

§ 2254 for a Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody is denied and

that this action is dismissed with prejudice.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no certificate of appealability shall issue

and that the petitioner shall not be allowed to appeal in forma pauperis because

the dismissal of the habeas petition is justified by a plain procedural bar and

jurists of reason would not find the procedural ruling debatable.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall enter

judgment accordingly.

DATED this 2nd day of May, 2011.

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