GRIMES v. TAYLOR

Filing 13

ORDER adopting 12 Final Report and Recommendation dismissing case and Certificate of Appealability is DENIED.. Signed by Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr on 10/2/15. (dr)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
ATLANTA DIVISION
GREGORY GRIMES,
Petitioner,
v.

CIVIL ACTION FILE
NO. 1:15-CV-1757-TWT

CEDRIC TAYLOR,
Respondent.

ORDER

This is a pro se habeas corpus action by a state prisoner serving a life sentence
for murder. It is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation [Doc. 12]
recommending dismissing the action.

As set forth in the Report and

Recommendation, all of the Petitioner’s claim are procedurally defaulted except his
claim of insufficiency of evidence to convict. The Georgia Supreme Court properly
rejected this claim on direct appeal. The Court approves and adopts the Report and
Recommendation as the judgment of the Court. This action is DISMISSED. No
Certificate of Appealability will be issued.

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SO ORDERED, this 2 day of October, 2015.

/s/Thomas W. Thrash
THOMAS W. THRASH, JR.
United States District Judge

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