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Parties Involved:
Steven Houston Grant
Petitioner
USA
Respondent

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Steven Houston Grant, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

USA, 

Respondent. 

No. CV-16-02057-PHX-JAT (BSB)

ORDER 

 Pending before the Court is the Government’s request to stay this case (Doc. 4). 

The Magistrate Judge to whom this case is assigned issued a Report and 

Recommendation in which she recommended that the stay be denied (Doc. 13). The 

Government objected (Doc. 14). Petitioner replied to the Government’s objection (Doc. 

15). 

 In his reply, Petitioner noted two significant changes in circumstances since the 

Report and Recommendation was issued. First, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in 

the case of Dimaya v. Lynch, 803 F.3d 1110 (9th Cir. 2015). The Supreme Court’s merits 

decision could have a significant impact on the outcome of this case. Second, Petitioner 

disclosed that he will be in custody until February 2, 2038, regardless of the outcome of 

this case (Doc. 15 at 1-2). This fact significantly changes the prejudice analysis of the 

Report and Recommendation, which assumed Petitioner’s release date (if he prevailed in 

this case) would be January 2018 (Doc. 13 at 10). 

 For the foregoing reasons, 

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 IT IS ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (Doc. 13) is rejected.1

 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the motion to stay (Doc. 4) is granted. 

 IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that the Government must move to lift the stay 

within 5 days of Beckles v. United States, 616 Fed. App’x. 415 (11th Cir. 2015), cert. 

granted, 136 S. Ct. 2510 (U.S. June 27, 2016) (No. 15-8544) and Dimaya v. Lynch, 803 

F.3d 1110 (9th Cir. 2015) cert. granted, --- S. Ct. ----, 2016 WL 3232911 (Sept. 29, 2016) 

(No. 15-1498) being decided by the Supreme Court (subject to any further orders issued 

by the Magistrate Judge). 

 Dated this 31st day of October, 2016. 

 

 

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 This Court “may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). 

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