Smith v. Travis et al

Filing 19

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS 18 . Signed by Chief Judge Sarah S. Vance on 3/31/09.(bbc, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA ODIS DAVID SMITH VERSUS WARDEN JIM ROGERS CIVIL ACTION NO: 06-1421 SECTION: R(6)

ORDER AND REASONS Before this Court is Odis Smith's petition for habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Smith also filed separate,

duplicative habeas petitions under Docket Nos. 07-5287 and 075567.1 The Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation Petitioner opposed only the

for each of the three petitions.

Report and Recommendation in Docket No. 07-5287. In Case No. 07-5287, the Court has reviewed de novo the petition, the record, the applicable law, the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, and the petitioner's objections thereto, and hereby approves the Magistrate Judge's Report and The Court's Order will be applicable to all three cases -- 06-1421, 07-5287, and 07-5567.
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Recommendation and adopts it as its opinion.

As neither party

has filed any objections to the Magistrate Judge's Reports in Case Nos. 06-1421 and 07-5567, the Court hereby approves each Report and adopts each as its opinion in the respective case.

New Orleans, Louisiana, this 31st day of March, 2009 ___ _________________________________ SARAH S. VANCE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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