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Parties Involved:
Attorney General of the State of Arizona
Respondent
Darla Elliott
Respondent
Terry Lee Lacy
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Terry Lee Lacy, 

Petitioner,

vs.

Darla Elliott, et al.,

Respondents.

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No. CV 05-2944-PHX-SMM (VAM)

ORDER

Terry Lee Lacy (Petitioner), presently confined in the Arizona State Prison Complex in

Kingman, Arizona (ASPC-Kingman), filed with the Clerk of the Court on September 26,

2005 a pro se “Petition For Writ Of Habeas Corpus By A Person In State Custody Pursuant

To 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Non-Death Penalty)” (Document #1) (Petition). Petitioner has not paid

the five dollar ($5.00) filing fee, but he has filed a certified “Application To Proceed In

Forma Pauperis By A Prisoner (Habeas)” with the Petition, which will be granted.

PETITION

Named as Respondent in the Petition is Darla Elliott, Warden. (Petition at 1). The

Attorney General of the State of Arizona is also named as an Additional Respondent. Id.

In his Petition, Petitioner challenges his January 9, 2004 judgment of conviction for

Burglary in the Second Degree entered in the Maricopa County Superior Court in matter

2003-011737-001DT. Id.

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It is unclear from the face of the Petition whether or not Petitioner's first state postconviction proceeding is still pending before the Sentencing Judge. See (Petition at 2). In the

absence of the complete state court record, the Court will call for an answer to the Petition.

However, in so doing, the Court is specifically not ruling at this time on whether or not Petitioner

has fully exhausted his state court remedies. 

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Petitioner presents four (4) grounds in his Petition in support of his request for habeas

relief in which he alleges his constitutional rights were violated:

I. "6th, 8th, and 14th Amendments: Right To Effective Assistance Of Counsel (Evan v.

Lewis, Strickland v. Washington)," (Petition at 5);

II. "6th, 8th, and 14th Amendments Ineffective Assistance of Counsel (Evans v. Lewis)

(Strickland v. Washington)," (Petition at 6);

III. "6th, 8th, and 14th Amendments Right To Effective Assistance of Counsel & Cruel and

Unusual Punishment," (Petition at 7);

IV. "6th, 8th, and 14th Amendments "Due process Protection Clause," (Petition at 8). 

Petitioner appears to allege that the issues raised in all of his grounds were presented to

the Arizona Court of Appeals. (Petition at 2, 5-8). 

A review of the Petition indicates that an answer is required. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a).1

RULE 41(b) WARNING

Petitioner should take notice that if he fails to timely comply with every provision of this

Order, or any order of the Court entered in this matter, the Petition and action will be

dismissed pursuant to Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. See Ferdik v.

Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1260 (9th Cir. 1992) (a district court may dismiss action for failure

to comply with any order of the Court).

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED:

(1) That Petitioner's “Application To Proceed In Forma Pauperis By A Prisoner (Habeas)”

filed with the Petition is GRANTED;

(2) That a copy of the “Petition For Writ Of Habeas Corpus By A Person In State Custody

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Non-Death Penalty)” (Doc. No. 1) (Petition) and this Order

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be SERVED by the Clerk of the Court upon the Respondent and the Additional Respondent

by certified mail pursuant to Rule 4, Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases; 

(3) That Respondents ANSWER the Petition within forty (40) days of the date of service.

Respondents shall not file a dispositive motion in place of an answer, but may file an answer

limited to relevant affirmative defenses, including but not limited to, statute of limitations,

procedural bar, or non-retroactivity. If the answer is limited to affirmative defenses, only

those portions of the record relevant to those defenses need be attached to the answer.

Failure to set forth an affirmative defense in an answer may constitute a waiver of the

defense. See Nardi v. Stewart, 354 F.3d 1134, 1140-41 (9th Cir. 2004); see also Morrison

v. Mahoney, 399 F.3d 1042, 1045-47 (9th Cir. 2005). If not limited to affirmative defenses,

the answer shall fully comply with all of the requirements of Rule 5 of the Rules Governing

Section 2254 Cases;

(4) That Petitioner MAY FILE a reply within thirty (30) days from the date of service of

the answer; 

(5) That a clear, legible copy of every pleading or other document filed SHALL

ACCOMPANY each original pleading or other document filed with the Clerk for use by the

District Judge or Magistrate Judge to whom the case is assigned. See Rule 5.4 of the Local

Rules of Civil Procedure (LRCiv). Failure to submit a copy along with the original

pleading or document will result in the pleading or document being stricken without

further notice to Petitioner;

(6) That Petitioner SHALL SERVE upon Respondents, or if appearance has been entered

by counsel, upon the attorney, a copy of every further pleading or other document submitted

for consideration by the Court. Petitioner shall include with the original document and copy,

to be filed with the Clerk of the Court, a certificate stating the date a true and correct copy

of the pleading or document was mailed to Respondents or the counsel. Any paper received

by a District Court Judge or Magistrate Judge which has not been filed with the Clerk of the

Court may be disregarded by the Court;

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(7) That at all times during the pendency of this action, Petitioner SHALL

IMMEDIATELY ADVISE the Court and the United States Marshal of any change of address

and its effective date. Such notice shall be captioned “NOTICE OF CHANGE OF

ADDRESS.” The notice shall contain only information pertaining to the change of address

and its effective date, except that if Petitioner has been released from custody, the notice

should so indicate. The notice shall not include any motions for any other relief. Petitioner

shall serve a copy of the notice on all opposing parties. Failure to file a NOTICE OF

CHANGE OF ADDRESS may result in the dismissal of the action for failure to prosecute

pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b);

(8) That this matter is referred to Magistrate Judge Virginia A. Mathis pursuant to

LRCiv 72.1 and 72.2 for further proceedings and a report and recommendation.

DATED this 21st day of October, 2005.

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Name

Prison Number

Place of Confinement

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

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Full Name )

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 Petitioner, )

) Case Number (To be supplied by

 vs. ) by the Clerk, U.S. District

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(Name of Warden, Superintendent, )

Jailor, or authorized person ) PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

having custody of petitioner.) ) CORPUS BY A PERSON IN FEDERAL

) CUSTODY (28 U.S.C. § 2241)

) (Do not use this form if you

) are challenging a state or 

Respondent. ) federal judgment or conviction

) and sentence)

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PETITION.2241 (Revised 9/1/91)

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INSTRUCTIONS - READ CAREFULLY

(1) This petition must be legibly handwritten or typewritten and

signed by the petitioner under penalty of perjury. Any false

statement of a material fact may serve as the basis for prosecution

and conviction for perjury. All questions must be answered concisely

in the proper space on the form. Where more room is needed to answer

any question, attach additional pages.

(2) Additional pages are not permitted except with respect to the

facts which you rely upon to support your grounds for relief. No

citation of authorities need be furnished. If briefs or arguments

are submitted, they should be submitted in the form of a separate

memorandum.

(3) Upon receipt of a fee of $5.00, your petition will be filed if

it is in proper order.

(4) If you do not have the necessary filing fee, you may request

permission to proceed in forma pauperis, in which event you must

execute the Declaration on the last two (2) pages, setting forth

information establishing your inability to prepay the fees and costs

or give security therefor. If you wish to proceed in forma pauperis,

you must have an authorized officer at the penal institution complete

the Certificate as to the amount of money and securities on deposit

to your credit in any account at the institution. If your prison

account exceeds $25.00 you must pay the filing fee as required by the

Rules of the District Court.

(5) Only one unlawful confinement, time credit loss, or parole

matter, etc., may be challenged in a single petition. If you

challenge more than one, you should do so by separate petitions.

(6) Your attention is directed to the fact that you must include all

grounds for relief and all facts supporting such grounds for relief

in the petition.

(7) When the petition is fully completed, the original and two (2)

copies must be mailed to:

Phoenix & Prescott Divisions: OR Tucson Division:

U.S. District Court Clerk U.S. District Court Clerk

U.S. Courthouse, Suite 321 U.S. Courthouse, Suite 1500

401 West Washington Street, SPC 10 405 West Congress Street

Phoenix, Arizona 85003-2119 Tucson, Arizona 85701-5010

(8) Petitions that do not conform to these instructions will be

returned with a notation as to the deficiency.

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PETITION

1. Name and location of court that entered the judgment of

conviction:

2. Date of judgment of conviction:

Case Number:

3. Length of sentence: Sentencing Judge:

4. Nature of offence(s) of which you were convicted:

5. Did you appeal from the judgment of conviction? Yes( ) No( )

6. If you did appeal, give the following information for each

appeal:

a. (1) Name of court

(2) Result

(3) Date of result

(4) Citation or number of opinion

(5) Grounds raised (list each)

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

b. (1) Name of court

(2) Result

(3) Date of result

(4) Citation or number of opinion

(5) Grounds raised (list each)

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

7. State concisely every ground on which you claim that you are

being held unlawfully. Summarize briefly the facts supporting

each ground. If necessary, you may attach pages stating

additional grounds and facts supporting same.

CAUTION: In order to proceed in the federal court you must ordinarily

first exhaust your administrative remedies as to each ground on which

you request action by the federal court. As to all grounds on which

you have previously exhausted administrative remedies, you should set

them forth in this petition if you wish to seek federal relief. If

you fail to set forth all such grounds in this petition, you may be

barred from presenting them at a later date.

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For your information, the following is a list of the most

frequently raised grounds for relief in habeas corpus proceedings.

Each statement preceded by a letter constitutes a separate ground for

possible relief. You may raise any grounds that you may have other

than those listed if you have exhausted all your administrative

remedies with respect to them. However, you should raise in this

petition all available grounds.

If you select one or more of these grounds for relief, you must

allege facts in support of the ground or grounds that you choose. Do

not check any of the grounds listed below. The petition will be

returned to you if you merely check (a) through (m), or any one of

these grounds:

(a) Conditions of confinement violate a constitutional right.

(b) Prison regulations, on their face or as enforced, are 

violative of the Constitution or other federal law.

(c) Prison transfer has been threatened, carried out, or denied

in violation of federal constitutional or statutory law.

(d) Confinement is at a place forbidden by statutory law.

(e) Convicted person's prisoner classification violates federal

constitutional or other law.

(f) Good time credit has been ended or forfeited in violation

of federal constitutional or statutory law.

(g) Credit for time spent in jail prior to sentencing or

pending appeal has been denied in violation of federal

constitutional or other law.

(h) Prison officials have refused to release the convicted

person, even though he has served his sentence or is

entitled to mandatory release.

(i) Parole was denied, postponed, rescinded, or revoked in

violation of federal constitutional or other law.

(j) A parole violation warrant was issued or executed in

violation of federal constitutional or other law.

(k) There has been an unlawful refusal to terminate parole.

(l) Convicted person is suffering adverse effects from a federal

or state detainer lodged against him in violation of federal

constitutional or other law.

(m) Custody is otherwise subject to collateral attack by reason

of the conduct of prison or parole authorities.

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A. Ground One: 

Supporting FACTS (tell your story briefly without citing cases or

law):

A-1. Did you exhaust all administrative remedies relating to Ground

One? Yes ( ) No ( )

A-2. This issue was presented:

( ) To the Parole Commission

( ) To the Office of General Counsel

( ) Other 

A-3. If the answer to A-1 is "no," explain why the issue was not

raised.

B. Ground Two: 

Supporting FACTS (tell your story briefly without citing cases or

law):

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B-1. Did you exhaust all administrative remedies relating to Ground

Two? Yes ( ) No ( )

B-2. This issue was presented:

( ) To the Parole Commission

( ) To the Office of General Counsel

( ) Other 

B-3. If the answer to B-1 is "no," explain why the issue was not

raised.

C. Ground Three: 

Supporting FACTS (tell your story briefly without citing cases or

law):

C-1. Did you exhaust all administrative remedies relating to Ground

Three? Yes ( ) No ( )

C-2. This issue was presented:

( ) To the Parole Commission

( ) To the Office of General Counsel

( ) Other 

C-3. If the answer to C-1 is "no," explain why the issue was not

raised.

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D. Ground Four: 

Supporting FACTS (tell your story briefly without citing cases or

law):

D-1. Did you exhaust all administrative remedies relating to Ground

Four? Yes ( ) No ( )

D-2. This issue was presented:

( ) To the Parole Commission

( ) To the Office of General Counsel

( ) Other 

D-3. If the answer to D-1 is "no," explain why the issue was not

raised.

8. Have you filed previous petitions for habeas corpus, motions

under Section 2255 of Title 28, United States Code, or any other

applications, petitions or motions with respect to this

conviction? Yes ( ) No ( )

9. If your answer to Question No. 10 was yes, give the following

information:

(a) Name of Court

(b) Nature of proceeding

(c) Grounds raised

(d) Result

(e) Date of result

(f) Citation or number of any written opinions or orders entered

pursuant to each disposition

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10. If you did not file a motion under Section 2255 of Title 28,

United States Code, or if you filed such a motion and it was

denied, state why your remedy by way of such motion is

inadequate or ineffective to test the legality of your

detention:

11. Are you presently represented by counsel? Yes ( ) No ( )

If so, name, address, and telephone number:

Case name and court

12. If you are seeking leave to proceed in forma pauperis, have you

completed the declaration setting forth the required

information? Yes ( ) No ( )

WHEREFORE, petitioner prays that the court grant petitioner

relief to which he may be entitled in this proceeding.

I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty of perjury

that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on 

 (date) Signature of Petitioner

Signature of Attorney (if any)

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