Wright v. Thomas et al
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MEMORANDUM OPINION as more fully set out in order. Signed by Judge C Lynwood Smith, Jr on 3/27/12015. (AHI)
FILED
2015 Mar-27 PM 02:36
U.S. DISTRICT COURT
N.D. OF ALABAMA
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
SOUTHERN DIVISION
DEREK JASON WRIGHT,
Petitioner,
vs.
KIM T. THOMAS, Commissioner,
and THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA,
Respondents.
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Case No. 2:14-cv-00602-CLS-HGD
MEMORANDUM OPINION
On March 11, 2015, 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. On March 25,
2015, petitioner filed objections to the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation.
After careful consideration of the record in this case, the magistrate judge’s
report and recommendation and petitioner’s objections thereto, the court hereby
OVERRULES petitioner’s objections, ADOPTS the report of the magistrate judge,
and ACCEPTS his recommendations.
Pursuant to Rule 11 of the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases, the court has
evaluated the claims within the petition for suitability for the issuance of a certificate
of appealability (COA). See 28 U.S.C. § 2253.
Rule 22(b) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure provides that when an
appeal is taken by a petitioner, the district judge who rendered the judgment “shall”
either issue a COA or state the reasons why such a certificate should not issue.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2), a COA may issue only when the petitioner “has
made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.” This showing can
be established by demonstrating that “reasonable jurists could debate whether (or for
that matter, agree that) the petition should have been resolved in a different manner,”
or that the issues were “adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further.”
Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000) (citing Barefoot v. Estelle, 463 U.S.
880, 893 & n.4 (1983)). For procedural rulings, a COA will issue only if reasonable
jurists could debate whether the petition states a valid claim of the denial of a
constitutional right and whether the court’s procedural ruling was correct. Id.
The court finds that reasonable jurists could not debate its resolution of the
claims presented in this habeas corpus petition. For the reasons stated in the
magistrate judge’s report and recommendation, the court DECLINES to issue a COA
with respect to any claims.
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A separate order in conformity with this Memorandum Opinion will be entered
contemporaneously herewith.
DONE this 27th day of March, 2015.
______________________________
United States District Judge
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