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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

Leon Dews, a/k/a, Clarence Leon Dews

Petitioner, 

vs.

State of Arizona, et al., 

Respondents. 

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No. CV 07-1003-PHX-SMM (DKD)

ORDER

Petitioner Leon Dews, confined in the California State Prison in Wasco, California,

filed a pro se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody Pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254 ("Petition"). Petitioner alleged that he was challenging a judgment of

conviction entered in Maricopa County Superior Court, CR 2005-132086-001 DT. On June

7, 2007, the Court granted Petitioner’s Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis and

dismissed the Petition with leave to amend because it was not filed on the court-approved

form and it failed to name Petitioner’s custodian as a respondent (Doc. #3). On June 25,

2007, Petitioner filed an Amended Petition (Doc. #8). 

It now appears that Defendant was not convicted on the Maricopa County charges.

The Maricopa County Superior Court docket shows that the charges were dismissed without

prejudice on or about August 21, 2006 (Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, docket

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CR 2005-132086-001, available at http://www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/ ). This fact was

confirmed by this Court in a telephonic hearing with Petitioner held on June 29, 2007. 

Because Petitioner was not convicted on these charges, he is not in custody pursuant

to a judgment of conviction in CR 2005-132086, and habeas relief is not available. The

Court will dismiss the Amended Petition without prejudice and direct the Clerk of Court to

enter a judgment of dismissal in this case. Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that the Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. #8)

is dismissed without prejudice, and the Clerk of Court is directed to enter a judgment of

dismissal in this matter. 

DATED this 9th day of July, 2007.

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