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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

Agustine Vasquez-Mendoza,

 Petitioner,

vs.

Charles L. Ryan, et al.,

 Respondents.

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No. CV-12-01189-PHX-PGR (JFM)

 ORDER

 

 

Having reviewed de novo the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate

Judge Metcalf in light of the petitioner’s Response to Report and Recommendation

on Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. 40), the Court finds that the petitioner’s

objections should be overruled because the Magistrate Judge, after conducting a

very thorough analysis of the petitioner’s claims in light of the habeas record,

correctly concluded that the petitioner’s habeas corpus petition, filed pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 2254, should be denied.

The Court agrees with the Magistrate Judge that the petitioner procedurally

defaulted on all eight grounds for relief he raises in his habeas petition. The Court

also agrees with the Magistrate Judge that the petitioner’s various claims of the

ineffectiveness of his trial, appellate, and post-conviction relief counsel are not

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sufficient, given the habeas record, to constitute cause for his procedural defaults.

The Court further agrees with the Magistrate Judge that the petitioner’s claim of

actual innocence is insufficient under the facts contained in the habeas record to

avoid the effects of his procedural defaults. Therefore,

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

(Doc. 39) is accepted and adopted in its entirety by the Court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that petitioner Agustine Vasquez-Mendoza’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 is denied leave to appeal in forma pauperis because jurists of

reason would neither find it debatable whether the petitioner has made a substantial

showing of the denial of a constitutional right nor whether the Court is correct in its

procedural ruling.

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

accordingly.

DATED this 11th day of May, 2015.

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