Hodge v. Haynes

Filing 11

ORDER granting 8 Report and Recommendations. Hodge's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is dismissed without prejudice; no certificate of appealability will issue. The 9 Motion for Default Judgment is denied. Signed by Judge D. P. Marshall Jr. on 5/23/13. (kpr)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
EASTERN DIVISION

CHARLES N. HODGE
Reg. # 12114-074
v.

PETITIONER
No. 2:13-cv-5-DPM-BD

ANTHONY HAYNES, Warden,
Federal Correctional Complex,
Forrest City, Arkansas

RESPONDENT

ORDER
Hodge has objected to Magistrate Judge Beth Deere's recommendation,
NQ 8, that the Court dismiss his petition without prejudice for containing

claims not properly brought in a habeas corpus action. On de novo review,
FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b)(3), the Court adopts Judge Deere's recommendation with

a further word prompted by Hodge's objection and amendment, NQ 10. If the
Court is wrong about the scope of 28 U.S.C. § 2241, the Court would deny
Hodge's clarified petition on the merits because the facts he alleges would not
entitle him to habeas relief. The Bureau of Prisons relies on the criminal
conduct involved in the offense, not the offense of conviction itself, to classify
inmates. Personnel are instructed to

u [

e ]nter the appropriate number of

points that reflect the most severe documented instant offense behavior

regardless of the conviction offense."

UNITED STATES DEP'T

OF

JUSTICE,

FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, Program Statement p5100.08 ch. 4 at 7 (2006)
(Program Statement). Hodge admitted that he used the .22caliberriflehewas
convicted of unlawfully possessing to shoot another person in the head,
though he says he did so in self defense. NQ 7-2 at 7. That admitted conduct
qualifies him for a "Greatest Severity" safety factor under BOP regulations
regardless of the disposition of state charges related to the shooting. Program
Statement app. A at 1 ("serious bodily injury intended or permanent or life
threatening bodily injury resulting").
Hodge's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is dismissed without
prejudice; no certificate of appealability will issue. His motion for default
judgment, NQ 9, is denied. Haynes's response was timely.
So Ordered.

D.P. Marshall Jr.
United States District Judge

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