Branch v. Schriro et al, No. 2:2008cv00076 - Document 17 (D. Ariz. 2009)
Court Description: MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS 16 ; Petitioner's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is DENIED and dismissed with prejudice, terminating this case. Signed by Judge Stephen M McNamee on 1/22/09. (LSP)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 VAN BERNARD BRANCH, 9 Petitioner, 10 v. 11 12 DORA SCHRIRO and ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondents. 13 ) ) ) ) ) ) ARIZONA) ) ) ) ) No. CV 08-076-PHX-SMM (MEA) MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER 14 15 Pending before the Court is Petitioner s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant 16 to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Doc. 1), filed January 14, 2008. An Amended Petition was later filed 17 on June 20, 2008 (Doc. 7). The matter was referred to Magistrate Judge Mark E. Aspey for 18 Report and Recommendation (Doc. 2). On December 24, 2008 the Magistrate Judge filed 19 a Report and Recommendation with this Court (Doc. 16). To date, no objections have been 20 filed. 21 STANDARD OF REVIEW 22 The Court may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or 23 recommendations made by the magistrate. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C); see Baxter v. Sullivan, 24 923 F.2d 1391, 1394 (9th Cir. 1991). Parties have ten days from the service of a copy of the 25 Magistrate's recommendation within which to file specific written objections to the Court. 26 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Fed. R. Civ. P. 6, 72. Failure to object to a Magistrate Judge s 27 recommendation relieves the Court of conducting de novo review of the Magistrate Judge s 28 factual findings and waives all objections to those findings on appeal. See Turner v. Duncan, 1 158 F.3d 449, 455 (9th Cir. 1998). A failure to object to a Magistrate Judge s conclusion is 2 a factor to be weighed in considering the propriety of finding waiver of an issue on appeal. 3 Turner v. Duncan, 158 F.3d 449, 455 (9th Cir. 1998). 4 DISCUSSION 5 Having reviewed the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge, and no 6 Objections having been made by any party thereto, the Court hereby incorporates and adopts 7 the Magistrate Judge s Report and Recommendation. 8 CONCLUSION 9 10 11 12 13 14 For the reasons set forth, IT IS ORDERED that the Court adopts the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge (Doc. 16). IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is DENIED and dismissed with prejudice, terminating this case. DATED this 22nd day of January, 2009. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -2-
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