Desir v. Padula

Filing 34

AMENDED ORDER ADOPTING 18 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS that Respondent's 9 Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED and the Habeas Petition is DISMISSED with prejudice. Petitioner's 33 Motion for Certificate of Appealability is DENIED. Signed by Honorable Henry F Floyd on 9/29/11. (kmca)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
ANDERSON/GREENWOOD DIVISION
JUDEX DESIR,
Petitioner,
vs.
WARDEN ANTHONY PADULA,
Respondent.

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CIVIL ACTION NO. 8:10-488-HFF-BHH

AMENDED ORDER
This case was filed as a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 action. Petitioner is proceeding pro se. The matter
is before the Court for review of the Report and Recommendation (Report) of the United States
Magistrate Judge suggesting that Respondent’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. # 9) be granted
and the Habeas Petition be dismissed with prejudice. The Report was made in accordance with 28
U.S.C. § 636 and Local Civil Rule 73.02 for the District of South Carolina.
The Magistrate Judge makes only a recommendation to this Court. The recommendation has
no presumptive weight. The responsibility to make a final determination remains with the Court.
Mathews v. Weber, 423 U.S. 261, 270 (1976). The Court is charged with making a de novo
determination of those portions of the Report to which specific objection is made, and the Court may
accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the recommendation of the Magistrate Judge or
recommit the matter with instructions. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).
The Magistrate Judge filed the Report on September 28, 2010, but Petitioner failed to file
any objections. Hence, on October 20, 2010, the Court adopted the Report and entered judgment

in favor of Respondent. Soon thereafter, however, Petitioner informed the Court that he had not
received a copy of the Report. Subsequently, the Court sent Petitioner another copy of the Report
and then granted to him a lengthy extension of time to object. The Clerk of Court entered
Petitioner’s objections to the Report on December 15, 2010.
The Court has now reviewed the objections, but finds them to be without merit. Petitioner
has generally argued positions that the Magistrate Judge previously considered. Thus, inasmuch as
the Court finds the discussion and analysis contained in the Magistrate Judge’s Report to be correct,
there is no need for the Court to rewrite here what the Magistrate Judge has already written there.
After a thorough review of the Report and the record in this case pursuant to the standard set
forth above, the Court overrules Petitioner’s objections, adopts the Report and incorporates it herein.
Therefore, it is the judgment of this Court that Respondent’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt.
# 9) is GRANTED and the Habeas Petition is DISMISSED with prejudice.
Petitioner has moved for a certificate of appealability from this Court. The governing law
applicable to certificates of appeals provides that “[a] certificate of appealability may issue . . . only
if the applicant has made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C.
§ 2253(c)(2).
A movant satisfies this standard by demonstrating that reasonable jurists would find this
Court’s assessment of his constitutional claims is debatable or wrong and that any dispositive
procedural ruling by this Court is debatable. See Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336 (2003);
Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d 676, 683 (4th Cir. 2001). In
the case at bar, the legal standard for the issuance of a certificate of appealability has not been met.
Therefore, Petitioner’s motion for a certificate of appealability is DENIED.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Signed this 29th day of September, 2011, in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

s/ Henry F. Floyd
HENRY F. FLOYD
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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NOTICE OF RIGHT TO APPEAL
The parties are hereby notified of the right to appeal this Order within thirty days from the
date hereof, pursuant to Rules 3 and 4 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.

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