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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

Rick Steele Sagaser, Jr.,

Petitioner,

vs.

Dora B. Schriro, et al.,

Respondents.

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No. CV-08-1267-PHX-PGR (GEE)

 

 ORDER

Having considered de novo the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate

Judge Edmonds notwithstanding that no party has filed any objection to the

Report and Recommendation, the Court finds that the Magistrate Judge correctly

determined that the petitioner’s Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, must be denied because the claim underlying the

petition, i.e. that the petitioner is being held in custody past the expiration date of

his state court sentence, has not been exhausted given that the petitioner, as he

concedes, has not submitted it to the Arizona courts for resolution, and because

the petition fails to state a federally cognizable claim as it is based on an alleged

misapplication of state sentencing laws that does not rise to the level of

fundamental unfairness. Therefore, 

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

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(doc. #12) is accepted and adopted by the Court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the petitioner’s Petition Under 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2254 for a Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody is denied and

that this action is dismissed. The Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment

accordingly.

DATED this 14th day of January, 2009.

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