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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 

Keith Allen Grasdalen, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

J.T. Shartle, 

Respondent. 

No. CV 15-0299-TUC-JGZ (BGM) 

ORDER 

 Pending before the Court is a Report and Recommendation issued by United 

States Magistrate Judge Bruce G. Macdonald that recommends dismissing Petitioner 

Grasdalen’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, dismissing Petitioner’s Motion Seeking 

Gratuities, dismissing Petitioner’s Motion for Compliance Regarding Gratuities, and 

denying Respondent’s Motion to Dismiss Petition. (Doc. 31.) No objection to the Report 

and Recommendation was filed by Petitioner.1

 “When no timely objection is filed, the 

court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order 

to accept the recommendation.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 72, Adv. Comm. Notes to 1983 Am. 

 The Court has reviewed the record and concludes that Magistrate Judge 

Macdonald’s recommendations are not clearly erroneous. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Fed. 

R. Civ. P. 72; Johnson v. Zema Systems Corp., 170 F.3d 734, 739 (7th Cir. 1999); see 

also Conley v. Crabtree, 14 F. Supp. 2d 1203, 1204 (D. Or. 1998). As explained by 

 

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 The Court notes that Petitioner did not receive the Report and Recommendation, 

which was sent to Plaintiff at USP-Tucson on May 31, 2016, but was returned as 

undeliverable. Petitioner was released from Bureau of Prisons custody on April 14, 2016. 

See BOP Inmate Locator, available at https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/. Petitioner has a 

duty to file a notice of change of address with the Court, but since his release has not 

done so. (Doc. 9, p. 3.) 

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Magistrate Judge Macdonald, this Court lacks jurisdiction to review discretionary 

determinations made by the Bureau of Prisons pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 3621-3624. Reeb 

v. Thomas, 636 F.3d 1224, 1226-27 (9th Cir. 2011); see 18 U.S.C. § 3625. 

 Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED as follows: 

1. The Report and Recommendation (doc. 31) is accepted and adopted; 

2. Petitioner Grasdalen’s Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (doc. 10) 

is DISMISSED for lack of jurisdiction; 

3. Petitioner’s Motion for Order re: Gratuities (doc. 26) and Motion to Comply 

(doc. 28) are DISMISSED for lack of jurisdiction; 

4. Respondent’s Motion to Dismiss Petition (doc. 30) is DENIED; 

5. The Clerk of the Court is directed to close the case. 

 Dated this 3rd day of August, 2016. 

Honorable Jennifer G. Zipps

United States District Judge

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