Randall 303459 v. Arizona, State of ( 2021 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Scott Frederick Randall, No. CV-18-00519-TUC-JAS (JR) 10 Petitioner, ORDER 11 v. 12 State of Arizona, et al., 13 Respondents. 14 15 Pending before the Court is a Report and Recommendation issued by United States 16 Magistrate Judge Rateau that recommends denying Petitioner’s habeas petition filed 17 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §2254. A review of the record reflects that the parties have not filed 18 any objections to the Report and Recommendation and the time to file objections has 19 expired. As such, the Court will not consider any objections or new evidence. 20 The Court has reviewed the record and concludes that Magistrate Judge Rateau’s 21 recommendations are not clearly erroneous and they are adopted. See 28 U.S.C. § 22 636(b)(1); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72; Johnson v. Zema Systems Corp., 170 F.3d 734, 739 (7th Cir. 23 1999); Conley v. Crabtree, 14 F. Supp. 2d 1203, 1204 (D. Or. 1998). 24 Before Petitioner can appeal this Court's judgment, a certificate of appealability 25 must issue. See 28 U.S.C. §2253(c) and Fed. R. App. P. 22(b)(1). The district court that 26 rendered a judgment denying the petition made pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §2254 must either 27 issue a certificate of appealability or state why a certificate should not issue. See id. 28 Additionally, 28 U.S.C. §2253(c)(2) provides that a certificate may issue "only if the applicant has made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right." In the certificate, the court must indicate which specific issues satisfy this showing. See 28 U.S.C. §2253(c)(3). A substantial showing is made when the resolution of an issue of appeal is ‘ debatable among reasonable jurists, if courts could resolve the issues differently, or if the ° issue deserves further proceedings. See Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484-85 (2000). ° Upon review of the record in light of the standards for granting a certificate of appealability, ’ the Court concludes that a certificate shall not issue as the resolution of the petition is not 8 debatable among reasonable jurists and does not deserve further proceedings. ° Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows: 10 (1) The Report and Recommendation (Doc. 22) is accepted and adopted. (2) Petitioner’s §2254 habeas petition is denied and this case is dismissed with prejudice. 2 (3) A Certificate of Appealability is denied and shall not issue. 8 (4) The Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment and close the file in this case. Dated this 23rd day of November, 2021. 16 17 __\ — 18 Honorable James A. Soto 19 United States District Judge 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -2-