Williams v. Owens

Filing 8

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS for 4 Report and Recommendations. Signed by Judge William T. Moore, Jr on 4/11/2012. (loh)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
SAVANNAH DIVISION

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RONNIE WILLIAMS,
Petitioner,

V.

CASE NO. CV412-019

WARDEN BRIAN OWENS, Georgia
State Prison,
Respondent.

ORDER
Before the Court is the Magistrate Judge's Report and
Recommendation (Doc. 4) , to which objections have been
filed (Doc. 7) . After a careful de novo review of the
record, the Court concludes that Petitioner's objections
are without merit.

In the objections, Petitioner argues

that he cannot waive his right to counsel. (Id. at 1-2.)
However, this issue is wholly distinct from the question of
whether this Court has jurisdiction to entertain a second
or successive habeas petition. As the Magistrate Judge
correctly points out, this Court may only entertain a
second or successive habeas petition if Petitioner obtains
permission from the Eleventh Circuit. See Hill v. Hopper,
112 F.3d 1088, 1089 (11th Cir. 1997); see also Eleventh
Cir.

R.

22-3(a).

Accordingly,

the

report

and

recommendation is ADOPTED as the Court's opinion in this

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case and the 28 U.S.C.

2254 Petition is DISMISSED. The

Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to close this case.
SO ORDERED this

day of April 2012.

WILLIAM
JROV UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

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