Houston v. United States Of America

Filing 7

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS for 2 Report and Recommendations. Petitioner's 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion is DISMISSED. In addition, Petitioner is not entitled to a Certificate of Appealability, rendering moot any request for in forma pauperis status on appeal. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to close this case. Signed by Judge William T. Moore, Jr on 1/20/17. (jlm)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR

THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
SAVANNAH DIVISION

MORGAN HOUSTON,

Petitioner,
CASE NOS. CV416-231

V.

CV412-194
CR409-058

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Respondent.

ORDER

Before the Court is the Magistrate Judge's Report and
Recommendation

filed

(Doc.

(Doc.

6).

In

2),

to

which

the

Report

objections

and

have

Recommendation,

been

the

Magistrate Judge denied as moot a motion to extend filed in
case

number

parties,

CV412-194.

the

Absent

Magistrate

an

Judge

objection

may

from

dispose

the

of

non-

dispositive motions like motions to extend without review
from this Court. Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 72(a). There have been

no

objections

to

the

Magistrate

Judge's

authority

to

dispose of non-dispositive motions. Because this portion of
the Report and Recommendation disposes of a non-dispositive
motion, the Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to administratively
terminate the Report and Recommendation filed in CV4I2-194.
However,
Petitioner's

the
28

Magistrate

U.S.C.

2255

Judge
motion

did
filed

recommend
in

case

that
number