ALFORD v. SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS STATE OF FLORIDA

Filing 27

ORDER adopting Magistrate Judge's 20 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION. The § 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus, ECF No. 1 , is DENIED. A certificate of appealability is DENIED. Leave to proceed in forma pauperis is DENIED. Signed by JUDGE M CASEY RODGERS on 8/13/2020. (mb)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
PANAMA CITY DIVISION

SAM STERLING ALFORD,
Petitioner,
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v.
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT
OF CORRECTIONS,
Respondent.
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ORDER
This matter is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation of the
United States Magistrate Judge dated September 5, 2018. ECF No. 20. The parties
have been furnished a copy of the Report and Recommendation and have been
afforded an opportunity to file objections pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). I have
made a de novo determination of any objections timely filed. ECF No. 25.
Having considered the Report and Recommendation, and any objections
timely filed, I have determined the Report and Recommendation should be
adopted.

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Accordingly, it is now ORDERED as follows:
1. The Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 20, is adopted and
incorporated by reference in this Order.
2. The § 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus, ECF No. 1, is DENIED.
3. A certificate of appealability is DENIED.
4. Leave to proceed in forma pauperis is DENIED.
DONE AND ORDERED this 13th day of August 2020.

s/

M. Casey Rodgers

M. CASEY RODGERS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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