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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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 1 Pursuant to Rule 25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Charles L. Ryan,

the Interim Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, replaces Dora Schriro.

 2 Petitioner raised four grounds for habeas relief:(1) ineffective assistance of counsel,

(2) involuntary guilty plea, (3) double jeopardy, (4) excessive bail and cruel and unusual

punishment. He has failed to establish that his guilty plea was involuntary, he asserts that

he “was indirectly abandoned by his appointed counsel as a result of counsel’s filing a notice

of no colorable claims”and he has wholly failed to establish the existence of double jeopardy.

Finally, Petitioner failed to properly raise his Eighth Amendment excessive bail and cruel

and unusual punishment claims.

 3 The Court agrees that his pleadings were untimely. Moreover, assuming federal

courts have the authority to create equitable exceptions to jurisdictional time limitations,

Allen has not established that he is eligible therefor. 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Robert Allen, )

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Petitioner, ) CV 08-0932-PHX-PGR (DKD)

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v. ) ORDER

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Charles L. Ryan,1

 et al., )

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Respondents. )

Currently before the Court is the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge

Duncan (Doc. 18) based on Petitioner’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus2

 filed pursuant

to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Having reviewed de novo the Petition, the Report and Recommendation

of Magistrate Judge Duncan3

, and no party having filed any objection to the Report and

Recommendation thereto,

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

(Doc. 18) is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED by the Court. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

(Doc. 1) is DISMISSED and DENIED with prejudice. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall close this case.

DATED this 8th day of September, 2009.

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