DeMudd v. State of Georgia

Filing 4

ORDER APPROVING and ADOPTING 2 Final Report and Recommendation. This action isDISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE and a COA is DENIED. Signed by Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr. on 12/15/2016. (jkl)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
ATLANTA DIVISION
AMON-RA FEIF DEMUDD
A NON CORPORATE ENTITY,
Plaintiff,
v.

CIVIL ACTION FILE
NO. 1:16-CV-3708-TWT

STATE OF GEORGIA
FICTITIOUS FOREIGN STATE,
Defendant.

ORDER

This is a pro se habeas corpus action. It is before the Court on the Report and
Recommendation [Doc. 2] of the Magistrate Judge recommending that the action be
dismissed based upon Younger abstention.

The Court approves and adopts the

Report and Recommendation as the judgment of the Court. This action is
DISMISSED. Pursuant to Rule 11 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, “[t]he
district court must issue or deny a certificate of appealability when it enters a final
order adverse to the applicant. . . . If the court issues a certificate, the court must state
the specific issue or issues that satisfy the showing required by 28 U.S.C. §
2253(c)(2).”Section 2253(c)(2) states that a certificate of appealability may issue
“only if the applicant has made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional
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right.” A substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right “includes showing
that reasonable jurists could debate whether (or, for that matter, agree that) the petition
should have been resolved in a different manner or that the issues presented were
adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further.” Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S.
473, 484 (2000) (internal quotation marks omitted). A Certificate of Appealability is
DENIED.
SO ORDERED, this 15 day of December, 2016.

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

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