Butler v. Hobbs

Filing 12

ORDER ADOPTING 8 Report and Recommendations in its entirety; therefore, judgment will be entered dismissing this complaint with prejudice; a certificate of appealability will not issue. Signed by Judge J. Leon Holmes on 12/2/13. (vjt)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
PINE BLUFF DIVISION
ELLIS CHARLES BUTLER,
ADC # 110397
Petitioner,

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RAY HOBBS, Director, Arkansas Department )
of Correction
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Respondent.
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Case No. 5:12-CV-00337 JLH-JTK

ORDER
The Court has received the Proposed Findings and Recommendations from United States
Magistrate Judge Jerome T. Kearney. After careful review of the findings and recommendations and
the timely objections thereto, as well as a de novo review of the record, the Court concludes that the
findings and recommendations should be, and are hereby, approved and adopted in their entirety as
this Court’s findings in all respects.
Accordingly, judgment shall be entered dismissing this complaint with prejudice.
The Court will not issue a certificate of appealability because Petitioner has not made a
substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)-(2).
IT IS SO ORDERED this 2nd day of December, 2013.

J. LEON HOLMES
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE