Jett v. Forniss et al

Filing 7

MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Virginia Emerson Hopkins on 1/5/2015. (AVC)

FILED
2015 Jan-05 AM 11:25
U.S. DISTRICT COURT
N.D. OF ALABAMA

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
SOUTHERN DIVISION
XAVIER JETT,
Petitioner,
v.
WARDEN LEON FORNISS and
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF
THE STATE OF ALABAMA,
Respondents.

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MEMORANDUM OPINION
On December 1, 2014, the magistrate judge entered a Report and Recommendation, (doc.
6), recommending that this petition for writ of habeas corpus be dismissed without prejudice. The
magistrate judge further recommended Petitioner’s motion to hold in abeyance, (doc. 5), be denied.
(Doc. 6). No objections have been filed. The court has considered the entire file in this action,
together with the report and recommendation, and has reached an independent conclusion that the
report and recommendation is due to be adopted and approved.
Accordingly, the court hereby adopts and approves the findings and recommendation of the
magistrate judge as the findings and conclusions of this court. The petition for writ of habeas corpus
is due to be DISMISSED. A separate Order will be entered.
This Court may issue a certificate of appealability “only if the applicant has a made a
substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). To make such
a showing, a “petitioner must demonstrate that a reasonable jurist would find the district court’s
assessment of the constitutional claims debatable and wrong,” Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484
(2000), or that “the issues presented were adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further.”

Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336 (2003) (internal quotations omitted). This Court finds
Petitioner’s claims do not satisfy either standard.
DONE this the 5th day of January, 2015.

VIRGINIA EMERSON HOPKINS
United States District Judge

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