Smith 252757 v. Hetmer

1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Christopher Lee Smith, No. CV-23-00126-PHX-MTL 10 Petitioner, ORDER 11 v. 12 Lance Hetmer, et al., 13 Respondents. 14 15 Before the Court is Petitioner Christopher Lee Smith’s Petition for Writ of Habeas 16 Corpus (Doc. 1). Magistrate Judge Alison S. Bachus issued a Report and Recommendation 17 (“R&R”), recommending that the Petition be denied and dismissed with prejudice. (Doc. 18 25.) The R&R also recommends that a certificate of appealability not be issued and leave 19 to proceed in forma pauperis on…