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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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NOT FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Jahmmal Terrel Brumfield,

Petitioner,

v. 

Charles L. Ryan, et al.,

Respondents.

No. CV-15-01891-PHX-JJT

ORDER

At issue is the Report and Recommendation (R&R) (Doc. 14) entered by United 

States Magistrate Judge Eileen S. Willett in this matter recommending that the Court 

deny and dismiss the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 as 

procedurally defaulted. Petitioner filed no objection to the R&R and the time to do so has 

now passed. As the R&R warned, Petitioner’s failure to object results in the Court 

accepting the R&R without further review, and issuing an order of judgment pursuant to 

those recommendations. United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 

2003). 

Even were the Court to conduct further review, the R&R correctly concluded that 

Petitioner admittedly never raised any of the grounds in his Petition to the state court for 

post-conviction review and they are therefore not exhausted, and now are procedurally 

defaulted. The Court therefore must deny and dismiss the Petition.

IT IS ORDERED denying and dismissing the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED denying a certificate of appealability and leave to 

proceed in forma pauperis on appeal in this matter because dismissal of the Petition is 

justified by a plain procedural bar and reasonable jurists would not find the ruling 

debatable. The Clerk of Court shall close this matter.

Dated this 31st day of October, 2016.

Honorable John J. Tuchi

United States District Judge

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