Vereen v. Clay

Filing 6

MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Virginia Emerson Hopkins on 3/19/2018. (KBB)

FILED
2018 Mar-19 PM 12:47
U.S. DISTRICT COURT
N.D. OF ALABAMA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
EASTERN DIVISION
LUTHER VEREEN, JR.,
Petitioner,
v.
WARDEN B. CLAY,
Respondent.

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Case No.: 1:17-cv-01058-VEH-SGC

MEMORANDUM OPINION
On February 20, 2018, the Magistrate issued a Report and Recommendation
which, in pertinent part, stated:
the undersigned RECOMMENDS Vereen’s § 2241 petition be dismissed
without prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
(Doc. 2 at 5). On March 9, 2018, the Petitioner filed an Objection to the Magistrate’s
recommendation. (Doc. 5). Having carefully considered, de novo, all of the materials
in the Court file, including the Report and Recommendation, and the objections thereto,
the Court is of the opinion that the Magistrates Report and Recommendation ought to
be, and hereby is, ACCEPTED and ADOPTED as the opinion of this Court. The
Court EXPRESSLY HOLDS that Vereen's § 2241 petition is due to be dismissed

without prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. An appropriate Final Order
will be entered.
DONE this 19th day of March, 2018.

VIRGINIA EMERSON HOPKINS
United States District Judge