THOMPSON v. SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Filing 66

ORDER ACCEPTING 61 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION - The Clerk shall enter judgment stating, "The petition for writ of habeas corpus, ECF No. 1 , is DENIED. A Certificate of Appealability is DENIED." The Clerk shall close the file. Signed by JUDGE MARK E WALKER on 1/26/18. (ckm)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TALLAHASSEE DIVISION
MELVIN BERNARD THOMPSON,
Petitioner,
v.

Case No. 4:15cv254-MW/GRJ

JULIE L. JONES, Secretary,
Department of Corrections, et al.,
Respondents.
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ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
This Court has considered, without hearing, the Magistrate Judge's Report and
Recommendation, ECF No. 61, and has also reviewed de novo Plaintiff’s objections
to the report and recommendation, ECF No. 65. Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED:
The report and recommendation is accepted and adopted, over Plaintiff's
objections, as this Court’s opinion.1 The Clerk shall enter judgment stating, “The
petition for writ of habeas corpus, ECF No. 1, is DENIED. A Certificate of

This Court recognizes there is a scrivener’s error on page 2 of the Report and Recommendation.
Petitioner was charged by Information on September 19, 1995, not September 19, 2005. ECF
No. 16-1 at 14-15).
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Appealability is DENIED.” The Clerk shall close the file.
SO ORDERED on January 26, 2018.
s/Mark E. Walker
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United States District Judge