Rivers v. Hobbs

Filing 21

ORDER adopting 19 Proposed Findings and Recommended Disposition as this Court's findings in their entirety. The Court will not issue a certificate of appealability because Petitioner has not made a substantial showing of a denial of a constitutional right. Signed by Judge Susan Webber Wright on 6/16/2015. (ks)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
PINE BLUFF DIVISION
DEVONTAE MARQUEZ RIVERS
ADC #153025
V.

PETITIONER

CASE NO. 5:14-cv-00266 SWW-JTK

WENDY KELLEY,1 Director
Arkansas Department of Correction

RESPONDENT

ORDER
The Court has received 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 as this Court’s findings in all respects in their entirety.
Judgment shall be entered accordingly.
The Court will not issue a certificate of appealability because Petitioner has not made
a substantial showing of a denial of a constitutional right. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)-(2).
SO ORDERED this 16th day of June, 2015.

/s/Susan Webber Wright
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

1

Wendy Kelley replaced Ray Hobbs as Director of the Arkansas Department of
Correction. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25(d), Wendy Kelley is automatically
substituted as Respondent in this matter.