Black v. Thomas

Filing 17

ORDER: For the reasons explained more fully in the memorandum entered contemporaneously herewith, the petition is DENIED, and this action is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. Because reasonable jurists could not disagree with the resolution of the petitio ner's claim, should the petitioner file a Notice of Appeal, the court would construe the Notice of Appeal as also requesting a Certificate of Appealability, which the court would not grant. This Order constitutes final judgment in the action. It is so ORDERED. Signed by District Judge Aleta A. Trauger on 12/15/2016. (xc:Pro se party by regular and certified mail.)(DOCKET TEXT SUMMARY ONLY-ATTORNEYS MUST OPEN THE PDF AND READ THE ORDER.)(hb)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION
CHRISTOPHER M. BLACK,
No. 00260259,
Petitioner,
v.
TODD THOMAS, Warden,
Respondent.

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No. 3:16-cv-00704
Judge Trauger

ORDER
Plaintiff Christopher M. Black, an inmate of the Trousdale Turner Correctional Facility in
Hartsville, Tennessee, has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought pursuant to 28
U.S.C. § 2254 challeging Black’s 2006 conviction and sentence for two counts of aggravated rape
and two counts of aggravated robbery for which he currently is serving a term of imprisonment of
fifty years in the Tennessee Department of Correction.
For the reasons explained more fully in the memorandum entered contemporaneously
herewith, the petition is DENIED, and this action is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. Because
reasonable jurists could not disagree with the resolution of the petitioner’s claim, should the
petitioner file a Notice of Appeal, the court would construe the Notice of Appeal as also requesting
a Certificate of Appealability, which the court would not grant.
This Order constitutes final judgment in the action.
It is so ORDERED.
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Aleta Trauger
United States District Judge