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Nature of Suit Code: 510
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Vacate Sentence
Cause of Action: 28:2255 Motion to Vacate / Correct Illegal Sentence

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Joel Stephen Cutulle,

Petitioner, 

v. 

United States of America,

Respondent.

No. CV-19-00264-PHX-NVW

 CR-12-01927-PHX-NVW

ORDER AND DENIAL OF 

CERTIFICATE OF 

APPEALABILITY AND IN FORMA 

PAUPERIS STATUS

Before the Court are Petitioner’s Amended Motion Under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to 

Vacate, Set Aside or Correct Sentence by Person in Federal Custody (Docs. 6, 7), the 

Government’s Response and Movant’s Reply (Docs. 14, 29, 20), United States Magistrate 

Judge Michelle H. Burns’ Report and Recommendation (Doc. 21), Petitioner’s Objections 

to the Magistrate’s Report and Recommendation (Doc. 22) and the Government’s 

Response to Petitioner’s Objections (Doc. 23). 

The Court has considered Petitioner’s objections and reviewed the Report and 

Recommendation de novo. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b); 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) (stating that 

the Court must make a de novo determination of those portions of the Report and 

Recommendation to which specific objections are made). The Court accepts the magistrate 

judge’s recommended disposition within the meaning of Rule 72(b), Fed. R. Civ. P., and 

overrules Petitioner’s objections. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) (stating that the district court 

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“may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made 

by the magistrate”).

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation of 

Magistrate Judge Michelle H. Burns (Doc. 21) to deny and dismiss Petitioner’s amended 

motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is accepted. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court enter judgment denying 

and dismissing with prejudice Movant’s Amended Motion to Vacate, Set Aside or Correct 

Sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Docs. 6, 7). The Clerk shall terminate this action.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a request for Certificate of Appealability and 

leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal be DENIED because Petitioner has not made 

a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right about which reasonable jurists 

could disagree.

Dated: April 29, 2020.

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