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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Federal)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Edmer R. Nieto, 

Petitioner, 

vs.

Thomas A. Long, et al.,

Respondents. 

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No. CIV 03-0367-PHX-MHM (CRP)

ORDER

Petitioner has filed a pro se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. §

2241. The matter was referred to Magistrate Judge Charles R. Pyle. Respondents have filed

a motion to transfer this case to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (Doc. 7). The

Magistrate Judge has issued a Report and Recommendation that recommends that the motion

to transfer should be granted. (Doc.8). Petitioner has not filed an objection to the Report and

Recommendation. 

STANDARD OF REVIEW

The Court must review the legal analysis in the Report and Recommendation de novo.

See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). The Court must review the factual analysis in the Report and

Recommendation de novo for those facts to which objections are filed. Id. "Failure to object

to a magistrate judge's recommendation waives all objections to the judge's findings of fact."

Jones v. Wood, 207 F.3d 557, 562 n.2 (9th Cir. 2000). 

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DISCUSSION

The Court has considered the documents of record in this case. Based on the

documents on file, in Grounds One and Three Petitioner has challenged the final

administrative order of removal, contending that the Board of Immigration Appeals erred

when it determined that he was ineligible for asylum and relief under § 212(h) of the

Immigration and Nationality Act; and that he is eligible for asylum and protection and relief

from removal under the United Nations Convention Against Torture. Petitioner's claim in

Ground Two that counsel was ineffective for not advising him of the immigration

consequences when Petitioner pleaded guilty in state criminal proceedings in California is not

at issue because that claim was denied in a previous Order. (Doc. 3 - Order denying Ground

Two). Any recommendation by the Magistrate Judge as to Ground Two is moot and not

adopted by this Court.

Under the REAL ID Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-13, § 106, enacted on May 11, 2005,

the district court shall transfer the case, or the part of the case, that challenges a final

administrative order of removal, deportation, or exclusion, to the court of appeals for the

circuit in which a petition for review could have been properly filed. In Grounds One and

Three, Petitioner has challenged the final administrative order of removal. This Court adopts

the Report and Recommendation to the extent that Grounds One and Three are required to be

transferred to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and that Respondents' motion to

transfer should be granted.

Accordingly, 

IT IS ORDERED that the Court adopts the Magistrate Judge's Report and

Recommendation (Doc. 8) in part as set forth in this Order; 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondents' motion to transfer (Doc. 7) is

granted.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Grounds One and Three (the only remaining

grounds) of the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (including the case file) challenging the

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final administrative order of removal is transferred to the United States Court of Appeals for

the Ninth Circuit as a Petition for Review pursuant to the REAL ID Act of 2005.

DATED this 8th day of November, 2005.

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