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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Federal)

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 In resolving the motion for extension of time to file objections filed by

respondent Nielsen, in which respondent Anchando joined, the Court entered an

order (doc. #54) on December 30, 2009 that granted the motion “to the extent

that all objections to the Report and Recommendation shall be filed no later than

noon on 1/11/10.”

 Respondent Nielsen filed his Objections to the Report and

Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Voss (doc. #56) on 4:05 p.m. on January

11th and respondents Anchando and Harvey filed their Objections to Report and

Recommendation of Magistrate Voss and Joinder in Respondent Nielsen’s

Objections (doc. #57) at 4:58 p.m. on January 11th. None of these respondents

have offered any explanation for their late filings, nor have they sought any

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Beatrice Miranda,

Petitioner,

vs.

Tracy Nielsen, et al.,

Respondents.

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No. CV-09-8065-PCT-PGR (ECV)

 

ORDER GRANTING WRIT

OF HABEAS CORPUS

Having reviewed de novo the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate

Judge Voss in light of the petitioner’s [Partial] Objection to Magistrate Judge’s

Report and Recommendation (doc. #48), the Court finds that the petitioner’s

Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed pursuant to 25 U.S.C. § 1303

and 28 U.S.C. § 2241(c)(3), should be granted.1

 

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additional extension of time. The Court concludes that the respondents’

objections are untimely. The Court notes that it is in any case unpersuaded by

the respondents’ objections.

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The Court agrees with the Magistrate Judge that the Court has jurisdiction

to hear the petitioner’s habeas claim because the petitioner has sufficiently

satisfied the requirement that she exhaust her tribal remedies.

The Court also agrees with the Magistrate Judge that the “any one offense”

language of 25 U.S.C. § 1302(7) is properly interpreted to include all tribal code

violations committed during a single criminal transaction.

The Court further agrees with the Magistrate Judge that the Pascua Yaqui

Tribal Court should be ordered to re-sentence the petitioner to a term of one year

inasmuch as the petitioner’s tribal court sentence of 910 days exceeded the 12-

month maximum sentence permitted by the Indian Civil Rights Act given that the

petitioner’s charges arose from a single criminal transaction. 

Furthermore, the Court agrees with the petitioner that since she has now

served more than one year of her sentence, she is entitled to be immediately

released from custody. Therefore,

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

(doc. #46) is accepted and adopted by the Court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motion for Summary

Judgment (doc. #33) is granted.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent Nielsen’s Motion (CrossMotion) for Summary Judgment (doc. #36) is denied.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that petitioner Beatrice Miranda’s Amended

Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (doc. #18) is granted. 

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

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enter a judgment that (1) grants petitioner Beatrice Miranda’s Amended Petition

for Writ of Habeas Corpus, (2) orders the Pascua Yaqui Tribal Court to reduce

petitioner Beatrice Miranda’s sentence to one year, and (3) orders the 

respondents to release the petitioner from custody no later than 5:00 p.m. on

Wednesday, January 13, 2010.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the respondents shall file a report no later

than 1:00 p.m. on January 15, 2010 setting forth the status of their compliance

with this order regarding petitioner Beatrice Miranda’s release from custody.

DATED this 12th day of January, 2010, at 9:55 a.m.

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