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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

Stephen Michael Smith, 

Petitioner, 

vs.

Dora Schriro, et al., 

Respondents. 

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No. CV 06-795-PCT-EHC

ORDER

On August 18, 2006, Magistrate Judge Lawrence Anderson issued a Report and

Recommendation ("R&R") recommending that the Court deny Petitioner's habeas petition.

(Dkt. 14.) On August 30, 2006, Petitioner filed his Objection. (Dkt. 15.) 

Magistrate Judge Anderson wrote that "[t]he AEDPA's one-year limitations period

commenced on March 28, 1998 and Petitioner had until March 28, 199[9] to file a federal

habeas petition." R&R, p. 4 (Dkt. 14.) Petitioner did not file his pending habeas petition

until March 17, 2006.

The Court, having considered the relevant memoranda, including Petitioner's

Objections, adopts Magistrate Judge Anderson's Report and Recommendation.

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED ADOPTING Magistrate Judge Anderson's Report and

Recommendation. (Dkt. 14.)

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED DENYING Petitioner's Petition for Habeas Corpus.

DATED this 31st day of August, 2006.

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