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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 

Erick David Morales, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

United States of America, 

Respondent.

No. CV-14-00068-PHX-GMS

ORDER 

 Pending before the Court are Petitioner’s Motion to Vacate, Set Aside or Correct 

Sentence and United States Magistrate Judge James Metcalf’s Report and 

Recommendation (“R&R”). Docs. 1, 17. The R&R recommends that the Court dismiss 

ground two of the motion with prejudice and deny the remaining motion. Doc. 17 at 15. 

The Magistrate Judge advised the parties that they had fourteen days to file objections to 

the R&R and that failure to file timely objections could be considered a waiver of the 

right to obtain review of the R&R. Id. at 16 (citing Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b); United States v. 

Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003)). 

 The parties did not file objections, which relieves the Court of its obligation to 

review the R&R. See Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d at 1121; 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.”); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3) (“The district judge must 

determine de novo any part of the magistrate judge’s disposition that has been properly 

objected to.”). The Court has nonetheless reviewed the R&R and finds that it is wellCase 2:14-cv-00068-GMS Document 18 Filed 02/20/15 Page 1 of 2
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taken. The Court will accept the R&R and dismiss with prejudice ground two of the 

motion and deny the remaining motion. 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”); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3) (“The district judge 

may accept, reject, or modify the recommended disposition; receive further evidence; or 

return the matter to the magistrate judge with instructions.”). 

IT IS ORDERED:

 1. Magistrate Judge Metcalf’s R&R (Doc. 17) is accepted. 

 2. Petitioner’s Ground Two of his Motion to Vacate, Set Aside or Correct 

Sentence (Doc. 1) is dismissed with prejudice and the remainder of the Motion is 

denied. 

 3. The Clerk of Court shall terminate this action and enter judgment 

accordingly. 

 4. Pursuant to Rule 11(a) of the Rules Governing Section 2255 Cases, in the 

event Petitioner files an appeal, the Court declines to issue a certificate of appealability 

because reasonable jurists would not find the Court’s procedural ruling debatable. See 

Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000). 

 Dated this 20th day of February, 2015. 

Honorable G. Murray Snow

United States District Judge

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