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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

Michael Keith Smith, 

Petitioner,

vs.

Adult Probation Department, et al.,

Respondents.

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No. CV-05-3207-PHX-PGR (MEA)

 

 ORDER

Pending before the Court is the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate

Judge Aspey, wherein he recommends that the petitioner’s Amended Petition for

Writ of Habeas Corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 be dismissed. Having

considered the Report and Recommendation de novo in light of the Petitioner[‘s]

Object[ions] to the Magistrate’s Report and Recommendation (doc. #43), the

Court finds that the objections should be overruled and that the Magistrate

Judge’s recommendation should be adopted.

First, the petitioner’s claim in his amended petition that his 2003 probation

violation proceeding violated his constitutional rights is moot because he has not

established that any sufficient collateral consequences attached to the state

court’s decision that he had violated a term of his probation given that no

additional punishment, requirements, or sanctions were imposed on him - rather, 

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the state court simply reinstated him on the lifetime probation he was already on

with conditions identical to those originally imposed.

Second, even if it were not moot, the petitioner’s claim that his due process

rights were violated by the admission of hearsay in his probation revocation

proceeding must be denied on its merits because the Arizona Court of Appeals’

decision concluding that his due process rights were not violated was not clearly

contrary to established federal law.

Third, the petitioner’s remaining claims in his amended petition, which

allege various violations of his constitutional rights based on the fact that he was

then serving a term of civil commitment under Arizona’s Sexually Violent Persons

Act at the same time he was subject to lifetime probation for his criminal

conviction, are moot because he was absolutely and unconditionally discharged

from his civil commitment shortly after his amended petition was filed. Therefore,

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

(doc. #40) is accepted and adopted by the Court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the petitioner’s Amended Petition for Writ

of Habeas Corpus Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (doc. #12) is denied and that

this action is dismissed. The Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment accordingly.

DATED this 10th day of March, 2008.

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