Turner v. Hobbs

Filing 25

ORDER adopting 22 Report and Recommendations in their entirety as this Court's findings in all respects; granting 6 Motion to Dismiss. The 2 petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254 filed by petitioner Santonio Turner is dismissed. All requested relief is denied, and judgment will be entered for Hobbs. A certificate of appealability is denied. Signed by Judge J. Leon Holmes on 7/15/2014. (ks)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
PINE BLUFF DIVISION
SANTONIO TURNER
v.

PETITIONER
NO. 5:14CV00085 JLH

RAY HOBBS, Director,
Arkansas Department of Correction

RESPONDENT
ORDER

The Court has received findings and a recommendation from Magistrate Judge H. David
Young. After a careful review of the findings and recommendation, the timely objections received
thereto, and a de novo review of the record, the Court concludes that the findings and
recommendation should be, and hereby are, approved and adopted in their entirety as this Court’s
findings in all respects.1 The motion to dismiss filed by respondent Ray Hobbs is granted. See
Document #6. The petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254 filed by petitioner
Santonio Turner is dismissed. All requested relief is denied, and judgment will be entered for
Hobbs. A certificate of appealability is denied. See Rule 11(a) of the Rules Governing Section 2254
Cases in the United States District Courts.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 15th day of July, 2014.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

1

The State contends that Judge Young was unduly generous to Turner in his assessment of
when the statute of limitations ran. Because those objections do not alter the outcome, the Court
need not decide them.