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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

Kenneth Burnam,

 Petitioner,

vs.

Dennis R. Smith, Warden,

 Respondent.

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No. CV-12-00043-PHX-PGR (MHB)

 ORDER

 

 

 Having reviewed de novo the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate

Judge Burns notwithstanding that no party has filed any objections to the Report and

Recommendation, the Court finds that the Magistrate Judge correctly determined

that the petitioner’s federal habeas petition, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241,

should be dismissed because the petitioner, a federal prisoner, failed to exhaust his

administrative remedies inasmuch as he did not properly appeal his disciplinary

sanction through the Bureau of Prison’s final administrative appeal stage. 

The Court further finds that even if the non-exhaustion of administrative

remedies is excused, as requested by the petitioner, the Magistrate Judge correctly

determined, alternatively, that the habeas petition should be dismissed on its merits

because the record establishes that the petitioner was not deprived of any of his due

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process rights inasmuch as he received all of the procedural safeguards due him

during his disciplinary hearing and there was sufficient evidence produced during

that hearing to support the disciplinary finding made against him by the prison’s Unit

Disciplinary Committee. Therefore,

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

(Doc. 19) is accepted and adopted by the Court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the petitioner’s [Amended] Petition Under 28

U.S.C. § 2241 for a Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in Federal Custody (Doc.

8) is denied and that this action is dismissed with prejudice. The Clerk of the Court

shall enter judgment accordingly.

DATED this 7th day of October, 2013.

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