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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.

Ramon Ruiz-Gonzalez, 

Defendant/Movant. 

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No. CR-09-01283-PHX-NVW

No. CV-10-02792-PHX-NVW (DKD)

ORDER

Before the Court is Defendant’s Motion to Vacate, Set Aside or Correct Sentence

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 2255 (Doc. 1) and the government’s Response (Doc. 5). 

The defendant filed no reply. On May 18, 2011, United States Magistrate Judge David K.

Duncan issued a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) (Doc. 6) recommending that

Defendant’s Motion to Vacate, Set Aside or Correct Sentence be denied and dismissed. 

No objections were filed to the R&R.

Because the parties did not file objections to the R&R, 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 rulings of the Magistrate Judge on any non-dispositive matters. Fed. R. Civ.

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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

agrees with the Magistrate Judge’s determinations. Accordingly, the Court will accept

the R&R and dismiss the Motion to Vacate, Set Aside or Correct Sentence. 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 judge”).

Having considered the issuance of a Certificate of Appealability from the order denying

Defendant’s Motion to vacate/set aside sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, the Court FINDS

that Certificate of Appealability and leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal are Denied. 

Defendant has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED accepting the Report and Recommendation of

Magistrate Judge Duncan (Doc. 6).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion to Vacate, Set Aside or

Correct Sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 2255 (Doc. 1) is denied and dismissed

with prejudice.

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

accordingly and terminate this action.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED directing the Clerk of the Court to terminate the

Motion to Vacate (Doc. 25) filed in CR-09-01283-PHX-NVW. 

DATED this 21st day of June, 2011.

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