Witherspoon v. Deloach et al

Filing 21

ORDER ADOPTING R&R. Signed by Senior Judge Charles R. Butler, Jr on 2/19/2013. (adk)

IN
 THE
 UNITED
 STATES
 DISTRICT
 COURT
 FOR
 THE

SOUTHERN
 DISTRICT
 OF
 ALABAMA

SOUTHERN
 DIVISION

JONATHAN
 C.

WITHERSPOON,

Petitioner,

v.

JAMES
 H.
 DELOACH
 and

STATE
 OF
 ALABAMA

ATTORNEY
 GENERAL,

Respondents.

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CIVIL
 ACTION
 NO.

 07-­‐00266-­‐CB-­‐M

 ORDER

Upon
 receipt
 of
 correspondence
 from
 the
 Petitioner,
 the
 Court
 has
 reviewed

this
 habeas
 action
 and
 discovered
 that
 even
 though
 final
 judgment
 was
 entered
 on

October
 2,
 2007,
 the
 Court
 failed
 to
 enter
 an
 order
 formally
 adopting
 the
 Magistrate

Judge’s
 Report
 and
 Recommendation.

 On
 August
 30,
 2007,
 the
 Magistrate
 Judge

entered
 a
 Report
 and
 Recommendation
 recommending
 that
 this
 habeas
 petition
 be

dismissed
 because
 Petitioner’s
 claims
 either
 lacked
 merit
 or
 were
 procedurally

defaulted.

 A
 copy
 of
 this
 order,
 along
 with
 instructions
 for
 filing
 objections,
 was

mailed
 to
 the
 Petitioner
 at
 the
 address
 on
 file.

 After
 the
 time
 for
 filing
 an
 objection

had
 run
 and
 no
 objection
 was
 filed,
 the
 Court
 conducted
 a
 de
 novo
 review
 of
 the
 file

and
 entered
 a
 final
 judgment
 dismissing
 the
 habeas
 petition.

 However,
 the
 Court

inadvertently
 failed
 to
 enter
 an
 order
 formally
 adopting
 the
 Magistrate
 Judge’s

Report
 and
 Recommendation.

Although
 the
 adoption
 of
 the
 Magistrate
 Judge’s
 Report
 and

Recommendation
 is
 implicit
 in
 the
 entry
 of
 final
 judgment,
 as
 a
 matter
 of

clarification,
 the
 Court
 hereby
 ORDERS
 that
 motion
 Report
 and
 Recommendation

entered
 August
 30,
 2007
 be
 and
 hereby
 is
 ADOPTED
 as
 the
 opinion
 of
 this
 Court.

DONE
 this
 the
 19th
 day
 of
 February,
 2013,
 nunc
 pro
 tunc
 the
 2nd
 day
 of

October,
 2007.

s/Charles
 R.
 Butler,
 Jr.

Senior
 United
 States
 District
 Judge