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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NOT FOR PUBLICATION 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 

Ronnie Wayne Clark, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

Charles L Ryan, et al., 

Respondents.

No. CV-13-01482-PHX-SRB

ORDER 

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

2254 on July 22, 2013 raising four grounds for relief: 1) Petitioner’s Fourth, Fifth, Sixth 

and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when he was denied the opportunity to 

challenge irregularities in the grand jury proceedings; 2) his counsel was ineffective during 

plea negotiations, in violation of his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights; 3) his 

conviction was obtained as a result of prosecutorial misconduct, in violation of his Fourth, 

Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights; and 4) his Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment 

rights were violated when evidence obtained in an unconstitutional seizure was used to 

convict him. Respondents filed their Response to Petitioner’s Petition for Writ of Habeas 

Corpus on June 26, 2014 and Petitioner filed his reply on September 22, 2014. On 

November 18, 2014, the Magistrate Judge issued her Report and Recommendation 

recommending that the petition be denied and dismissed with prejudice. 

 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. On 

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December 5, 2014, Petitioner filed a Motion for Extension of Time to file his objections to 

the Report and Recommendation. On December 9, 2014, the Court granted Petitioner’s 

motion and extended the deadline for filing his objections to the Report and 

Recommendation until January 15, 2015. The time to file such 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 the 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 directing the Clerk to enter judgment accordingly. 

 Dated this 29th day of January, 2015. 

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