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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Rodney Sheppard,

 Petitioner,

vs.

Charles L. Ryan, et al.,

 Respondents.

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No. CV-13-01723-PHX-PGR (LOA)

 ORDER

 

 

Having reviewed de novo the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate

Judge Anderson notwithstanding that no party has filed any objections to the Report

and Recommendation, the Court finds that petitioner Rodney Sheppard’s habeas

corpus petition, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, should be dismissed with

prejudice as time-barred because it was filed more than one and half years after the

expiration of the AEDPA’s one-year statute of limitations and the petitioner has not

shown that the limitations period should be equitably tolled. Therefore,

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

(Doc. 13) is accepted and adopted by the Court. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that petitioner Rodney Sheppard’s Petition Under

28 U.S.C. § 2254 for a Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody is

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denied as time-barred and that this action is dismissed with prejudice.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no certificate of appealability shall issue and

that the petitioner is denied leave to appeal in forma pauperis because the dismissal

of the petitioner’s habeas petition is justified by a plain procedural bar and jurists of

reason would not find the procedural ruling debatable.

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

accordingly.

DATED this 2nd day of October, 2014.

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