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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

Porter D. Land, 

Petitioner,

vs.

Dora Schriro, et al.,

Respondents.

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No. CV-06-1695-PHX-PGR (BPV)

 

 ORDER

Having reviewed de novo the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate

Judge Velasco notwithstanding that no party has filed any objection to the Report

and Recommendation, the Court finds that the Magistrate Judge correctly

concluded that the petitioner’s habeas petition filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254

should be denied on its merits because the petitioner’s sole claim, which is that

the state court’s finding that his sentence should be enhanced by prior

convictions should have been made by the jury and not the trial judge, is

foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998). 

Therefore,

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

(doc. #14) is accepted and adopted by the Court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the petitioner’s Petition for Writ of Habeas

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Corpus by a Person in State in State Custody Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 is 

denied and that this action is dismissed. The Clerk of the Court shall enter

judgment accordingly.

DATED this 28th day of May, 2008.

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