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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

Jimmie Lynn Lucas, 

Petitioner, 

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Dora Schriro, et al., 

Respondents. 

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No. CV-06-1313-PHX-DGC (JCG)

ORDER

Pending before the Court are Petitioner Jimmie Lynn Lucas’s petition for writ of

habeas corpus and United States Magistrate Judge Jennifer C. Guerin’s Report and

Recommendation Regarding Stay of Petition (“R&R”). Dkt. ##1, 34. The R&R

recommends that the Petitioner’s habeas proceedings be stayed pending a final ruling by the

state court on Petitioner’s third post-conviction relief proceedings. Dkt. #34 at 1, 4. The

Magistrate Judge advised the parties that they had ten days to file objections to the R&R and

that failure to file timely objections could be considered a waiver of the right to obtain review

of the R&R. Id. at 5 (citing 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)).

The parties did not file objections, which relieves the Court of its obligation to review

the R&R. See Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d at 1121; Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149 (1985)

(“[Section 636(b)(1)] does not . . . require any review at all . . . of any issue that is not the

subject of an objection.”); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b) (“The district judge . . . shall make a de novo

determination . . . of any portion of the magistrate judge’s disposition to which specific

written objection has been made[.]”). The Court will accept the R&R and stay the petition

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pending the final ruling by the state court on Petitioner’s third petition for post-conviction

relief. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) (stating that the district court “may accept, reject, or

modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate”); Fed.

R. Civ. P. 72(b) (same). 

This acceptance does not constitute a ruling on the merits of Petitioner’s claim. Judge

Guerin addressed the merits as part of the analysis needed to determine whether a stay is

appropriate. The Court accepts Judge Guerin’s recommendation that this matter be stayed,

but expresses no view on the merits of this case.

IT IS ORDERED:

1. Magistrate Judge Jennifer C. Guerin’s R&R (Dkt. #34) is accepted.

2. Petitioner Jimmie Lynn Lucas’s federal habeas petition (Dkt. #1) is stayed

pending a final ruling by the state court on Petitioner’s third post-conviction relief

proceedings.

3. Respondents shall file a status report concerning the state court proceedings

on or before June 30, 2008, and every three months thereafter until the stay is lifted.

DATED this 10th day of April, 2008.

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