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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

David Michael Collier, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

Lyle Broadhead, et al., 

Respondents. 

No. CV-14-8227-PCT-DJH

ORDER 

 This matter is before the Court on Petitioner’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus 

(the "Petition") pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Doc. 1) filed on November 24, 2014, and 

the Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) (Doc. 17) issued by United States Magistrate 

Judge Eileen S. Willett on February 24, 2016. Pursuant to a plea agreement, Petitioner 

pled guilty on October 15, 2013 to one count of Aggravated Assault Causing Physical 

Injury Per Domestic Violence, a class 6 felony under Arizona law, and one count of 

Resisting Arrest, Passive Resistance, a class 1 misdemeanor. (Doc. 17 at 1-2). Petitioner 

was sentenced in February 2014 to a two-year term of supervised probation. (Doc. 17 at 

2). A few months later, the trial court determined Petitioner violated the terms of his 

probation and revoked it. (Id.). The trial court then sentenced Petitioner to one year of 

incarceration for the assault conviction and 66 days for the resisting arrest conviction. 

(Id.). Petitioner did not file a petition for post-conviction relief or a direct appeal 

challenging the sentence. (Doc. 17 at 2). 

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 Petitioner raised four grounds for relief in the Petition, including that he was 

denied counsel in violation of his due process and equal protection rights, that the trial 

court lacked jurisdiction, that he was denied access to a law library and the courts, and 

that other due process and equal protection rights were violated. (Doc. 17 at 6). After 

consideration and analysis of the issues, Judge Willett concluded that Petitioner, by 

failing to file a petition for post-conviction in State court, failed to exhaust his state court 

remedies and that he is now barred from doing so. (Id. at 6-10). Accordingly, Judge 

Willett recommends that the Petition be denied and dismissed with prejudice. (Id. at 10). 

 Judge Willett advised the parties that they had fourteen days to file objections and 

that the failure to file timely objections "may result in the acceptance of the Report and 

Recommendation by the District Court without further review." (Doc. 17 at 11) (citing 

United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003)). The parties have not 

filed objections and the time to do so has expired. Absent any objections, the Court is not 

required to review the findings and recommendations in the R&R. See Thomas v. Arn, 

474 U.S. 140, 149 (1989) (The relevant provision of the Federal Magistrates Act, 28 

U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C), “does not on its face require any review at all . . . of any issue that 

is not the subject of an objection.”); Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d at 1121 (same); 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.”). 

 Nonetheless, the Court has reviewed the R&R and agrees with its findings and 

recommendations. The Court will, therefore, accept the R&R and deny the Petition. See 

28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C) (“A judge of the court may accept, reject, or modify, in whole 

or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge.”); 

Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b)(3) (same). 

 Accordingly, 

IT IS ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Willett's R&R (Doc. 17) is accepted and 

adopted as the order of this Court. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus 

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pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Doc. 1) is denied and dismissed with prejudice. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that pursuant to Rule 11(a) of the Rules Governing 

Section 2254 Cases, a Certificate of Appealability and leave to proceed in forma pauperis

on appeal are denied because dismissal of the 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 Court shall terminate this action 

and enter judgment accordingly. 

Dated this 18th day of April, 2016. 

Honorable Diane J. Humetewa

United States District Judge 

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