Damond v. Cain et al

Filing 11

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS 9 . Signed by Judge Sarah S. Vance on 9/16/16.(jjs)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
ERNEST DAMOND

CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS

NO. 15-6454

N. BURL CAIN

SECTION “R” (3)

ORDER
The Court has reviewed de novo the petition for habeas corpus, the
record,

the

applicable

law,

the

Magistrate

Judge’s

Report

and

Recommendation, and the petitioner’s objections to the Magistrate Judge’s
Report and Recommendation. The Magistrate Judge’s recommended ruling
is correct and there is no merit to petitioner’s objections. Accordingly, the
Court adopts the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation as its
opinion herein.
Furthermore, Rule 11 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Proceedings
provides that “[t]he district court must issue or deny a certificate of
appealability when it enters a final order adverse to the applicant. Before
entering the final order, the court may direct the parties to submit arguments
on whether a certificate should issue.”

Rules Governing Section 2254

Proceedings, Rule 11(a). A court may issue a certificate of appealability only

if the petitioner makes “a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional
right.” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2); Rules Governing Section 2254 Proceedings,
Rule 11(a) (noting that § 2253(c)(2) supplies the controlling standard). In
Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322 (2003), the Supreme Court held that the
“controlling standard” for a certificate of appealability requires the petitioner
to show “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 [are] ‘adequate to deserve encouragement to
proceed further.’” Id. at 336. Petitioner has failed to meet these standards.
IT IS ORDERED that Damond’s petition for habeas corpus is
DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.

16th
New Orleans, Louisiana, this _____ day of September, 2016.

_____________________
SARAH S. VANCE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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