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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

GILBERT VALENTE BOJORQUEZ ,

Petitioner, 

vs.

DEPUTY WARDEN FREELAND, et al.,

Respondents. 

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No. CIV 10-418-TUC-CKJ (HCE) 

ORDER

On August 1, 2011, Magistrate Judge Hector C. Estrada issued a Report and

Recommendation [Doc. # 13] in which he recommended that the Petition under 28 U.S.C.

§ 2254 for a Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody filed by Gilbert Valente

Bojorquez (“Bojorquez”) on July 12, 2010, be dismissed. The magistrate judge advised the

parties that written objections to the Report and Recommendation were to be filed within

fourteen days of service of a copy of the Report and Recommendation pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 636(b) and Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b)(2). No objections have been filed within the time provided.

Report and Recommendation

This Court “may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or

recommendations made by the magistrate.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Further, under 28 U.S.C.

§ 636(b)(1), if a party makes a timely objection to a magistrate judge's recommendation, then

this Court is required to “make a de novo determination of those portions of the [report and

recommendation] to which objection is made.” The statute does not “require [] some lesser

review by [this Court] when no objections are filed.” Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149-50,

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106 S.Ct. 466, 88 L.Ed.2d 435 (1985). Rather, this Court is not required to conduct “any

review at all . . . of any issue that is not the subject of an objection.” Id. at 149. 

Indeed, the Ninth Circuit has recognized that a district court is not required to review

a magistrate judge's report and recommendation where no objections have been filed. See

United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114 (9th Cir.2003) (disregarding the standard of

review employed by the district court when reviewing a report and recommendation to which

no objections were made); see also Schmidt v. Johnstone, 263 F.Supp.2d 1219, 1226 (D.Ariz.

2003) (reading the Ninth Circuit's decision in Reyna-Tapia as adopting the view that district

courts are not required to review “any issue that is not the subject of an objection.”). In other

words, if there is no objection to a magistrate judge's recommendation, then this Court may

accept the recommendation without review. See e.g., Johnstone, 263 F.Supp.2d at 1226

(accepting, without review, a magistrate judge's recommendation to which no objection was

filed).

In this case, Bojorquez has not filed an objection to the magistrate judge's Report and

Recommendation. Although Bojorquez has not filed an objection, the Court has

independently reviewed the Report and Recommendation and adopts the recommended

findings and conclusions. The Court will accept the Report and Recommendation and

dismiss the Petition.

Certificate of Appealability (“COA”)

Rule 11(a), Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, requires that in habeas cases the

“district court must issue or deny a certificate of appealability when it enters a final order

adverse to the applicant.” Such certificates are required in cases concerning detention arising

“out of process issued by a State court”, or in a proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 attacking

a federal criminal judgment or sentence. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1). Here, the Petition is

brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and challenges detention pursuant to a State court

judgment. This Court must determine, therefore, if a COA shall issue.

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The standard for issuing a COA is whether the applicant has “made a substantial

showing of the denial of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). “Where a district

court has rejected the constitutional claims on the merits, the showing required to satisfy §

2253(c) is straightforward: The petitioner must demonstrate that reasonable jurists would

find the district court's assessment of the constitutional claims debatable or wrong.” Slack

v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484, 120 S.Ct. 1595, 146 L.Ed.2d 542 (2000). “When the district

court denies a habeas petition on procedural grounds without reaching the prisoner's

underlying constitutional claim, a COA should issue when the prisoner shows, at least, that

jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the petition states a valid claim of the denial

of a constitutional right and that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the district

court was correct in its procedural ruling.” Id. In the certificate, the Court must indicate

which specific issues satisfy the showing. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(3).

The magistrate judge determined, and this Court accepted, that the Petition is untimely

under the one-year statute of limitations of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty

Act. The magistrate judge further determined, and this Court accepted, that the Petition is

not subject to statutory or equitable tolling. The Court finds that jurists of reason would not

find it debatable whether the Petition stated a valid claim of the denial of a constitutional

right and the Court finds that jurists of reason would not find it debatable whether the district

court was correct in its procedural ruling. A COA shall not issue as to Bojorquez’ claims.

Any further request for a COA must be addressed to the Court of Appeals. See Fed.

R.App. P. 22(b); Ninth Circuit R. 22-1.

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED:

1. The Report and Recommendation [Doc. # 13] is ADOPTED; 

2. Bojorquez' Petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for a Writ of Habeas Corpus by a

Person in State Custody is DISMISSED;

3. The Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment and shall then close its file in this

matter, and;.

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4. A Certificate of Appealability shall not issue in this case.

DATED this 6th day of September, 2011.

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