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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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28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

MICHAEL FRANK LANGE, )

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Petitioner, ) 2:05-cv-0146 JWS

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vs. ) ORDER FROM CHAMBERS

)

JUDY L. FRIGO, et al., ) [Re: Report and Recommendation 

) at Docket 10]

Respondents. )

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I. MATTER PRESENTED

Before the court is a report and recommendation filed by Magistrate Judge

Velasco at docket 10 in which the magistrate judge recommends dismissing petitioner’s

petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Petitioner has not filed an objection to the report

and recommendation.

II. STANDARD OF REVIEW

The district court may “accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings

or recommendations made by the magistrate.”1 When reviewing a magistrate judge’s

report and recommendation in a habeas case, the district court reviews de novo findings

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Id.

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Barilla v. Ervin, 886 F.2d 1514, 1518 (9th Cir. 1989), overruled on other grounds by

Simpson v. Lear Astronics Corp., 77 F.3d 1170, 1174 (9th Cir. 1996).

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Taberer v. Armstrong World Indus., Inc., 954 F.2d 888, 906 (3d Cir. 1992).

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of fact2

 and conclusions of law and to which parties object.3 The court reviews for clear

error uncontested findings of fact.4 

III. DISCUSSION

Having reviewed the report and recommendation according to the standard

articulated above, the court ACCEPTS it. Petitioner’s petition is DENIED and

DISMISSED.

DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 22nd day of June, 2006.

___________/s/_________________

JOHN W. SEDWICK

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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