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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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NOT FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Carnell Lamont Dargen, Jr.,

Petitioner,

v. 

Charles L Ryan, et al.,

Respondents.

No. CV-18-04360-PHX-SRB (CDB)

ORDER 

Petitioner filed his Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 

on December 3, 2018 raising four grounds for relief: 1) ineffective assistance of counsel 

because trial counsel failed to conduct a reasonable pre-trial investigation; 2) his Fifth 

Amendment was violated because his conviction was based on less than proof beyond a 

reasonable doubt; 3) his Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments were violated because his 

conviction was obtained as a result of evidence that was insufficient to persuade a properly 

instructed, reasonable jury beyond a reasonable doubt; and 4) his Fifth Amendment rights 

were violated because the prosecutor used perjured testimony to obtain a conviction. 

Respondents filed their Answer to Petitioner’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus on May 

6, 2019. No reply was filed. On January 28, 2020, the Magistrate Judge issued her Report 

and Recommendation recommending that the petition be denied.

In her Report and Recommendation the Magistrate Judge advised the parties that 

they had fourteen days from the date of service of a copy of the Report and Recommendation 

within which to file specific written objections with the Court. The time to file such 

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objections has expired and no objections to the Report and Recommendation have been filed.

The Court finds itself in agreement with the Report and Recommendation of the 

Magistrate Judge.

IT IS ORDERED adopting the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate 

Judge as the order of this Court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED denying the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and 

dismissing it with prejudice.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED denying any Certificate of Appealability and leave 

to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal because Petitioner has not made a substantial 

showing of the denial of a constitutional right.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED directing the Clerk to enter judgment accordingly.

Dated this 27th day of February, 2020.

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