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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

Rosalio Delgado Beltran, 

Petitioner, 

vs.

Charles L. Ryan; et al., 

Respondents. 

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No. CIV 13-014-TUC-LAB

ORDER

Pending before the court is the petitioner’s motion that the court provide him “access to

case authorities available only in electronic databases” filed on May 7, 2013. (Doc. 14)

The petitioner, Rosalio Delgado Beltran, filed in this court a petition for Writ of Habeas

Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on July 2, 2012. 

In the pending motion, Beltran moves that the court provide him access to an electronic

legal database such as LEXIS or Westlaw because such access is “essential to litigate and

properly answer” the respondent’s arguments. (Doc. 14, p. 1)

Habeas petitioners, however, have no right to litigate their petitions effectively once their

issues have been presented to the court for review. Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 354, 116

S.Ct. 2174, 2181 (1996). In this case, Beltran has already successfully presented his petition

for habeas review. He has no right to litigate that petition effectively, and therefore no right to

access electronic legal databases. See, e.g., Sojka v. Ryan, 2013 WL 5160404, 3 (D.Ariz.

2013)

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IT IS ORDERED that the petitioner’s motion that the court provide him “access to case

authorities available only in electronic databases” filed on May 7, 2013, is DENIED. (Doc. 14)

DATED this 4th day of December, 2013.

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