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Nature of Suit Code: 510
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Vacate Sentence
Cause of Action: 28:2255 Motion to Vacate / Correct Illegal Sentence

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

United States of America, 

Plaintiff/Respondent, 

vs.

Oscar Calvillo-Jimenez, 

Defendant/Movant. 

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No. CR 05-0749-PHX- NVW

No. CV 08-0176-PHX-NVW (JRI)

ORDER

Before the court is the defendant's Motion to Vacate, Set Aside or Correct Sentence

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 2255 (CV doc. #1), the government's Response (CR doc. #79),

the reply (CR doc. # 80), the supplemental responses (CV doc. # 11, 16), and the

supplemental reply (doc. # 17). On August 13, 2009, United States Magistrate Judge Jay

Irwin issued a Report and Recommendation (“R & R”) (CV doc. # 18) recommending that

the defendant's Motion to Vacate, Set Aside or Correct Sentence be denied. No objections

were filed to the R & R.

Because the parties did not file objections, the court need not review any of the

Magistrate Judge’s determinations on dispositive matters. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1);

Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b); United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003);

Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149 (1985) (“[Section 636(b)(1)] does not . . . require any

review at all . . . of any issue that is not the subject of an objection.”). The absence of a

timely objection also means that error may not be assigned on appeal to any defect in the

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rulings of the Magistrate Judge on any non-dispositive matters. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(a) (“A

party may serve and file objections to the order within 10 days after being served with a copy

[of the magistrate’s order]. A party may not assign as error a defect in the order not timely

objected to.”); Simpson v. Lear Astronics Corp., 77 F.3d 1170, 1174 (9th Cir. 1996); Philipps

v. GMC, 289 F.3d 1117, 1120-21 (9th Cir. 2002).

Notwithstanding the absence of an objection, the court has reviewed the R&R and

finds that it is well taken. The court will accept the R&R and deny the Petition. 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”).

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED accepting the Report and Recommendation of

Magistrate Judge Irwin (doc. # 18).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that defendant's Motion to Vacate, Set Aside or Correct

Sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 2255 (CV doc. # 1) is denied.

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

the Petition and shall terminate this action.

DATED this 5th day of October, 2009.

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