Hatcher v. Boyd et al

Filing 6

MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Virginia Emerson Hopkins on 1/14/2014. (JLC)

FILED
2014 Jan-14 AM 09:56
U.S. DISTRICT COURT
N.D. OF ALABAMA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
SOUTHERN DIVISION
HOWARD LESTER HATCHER,
Petitioner
v.
LOUIS BOYD, Warden, and
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF
THE STATE OF ALABAMA,
Respondents

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Case No. 2:13-cv-01871-VEH-HGD

MEMORANDUM OPINION
On November 15, 2013, the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation was
entered and the parties were allowed therein fourteen (14) days in which to file
objections to the recommendations made by the magistrate judge. After obtaining an
extension of time in which to do so, petitioner filed objections to the magistrate judge’s
report and recommendation on December 16, 2013.
After careful consideration of the record in this case and the magistrate judge’s
report and recommendation and the petitioner’s objections thereto, the court hereby
ADOPTS the report of the magistrate judge. The court further ACCEPTS the
recommendations of the magistrate judge that the petition for writ of habeas corpus be
denied.

A separate order in conformity with this Memorandum Opinion will be entered
contemporaneously herewith.
DONE this 14th day of January, 2014.

VIRGINIA EMERSON HOPKINS
United States District Judge

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