Mata v USA

Filing 11

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS for 10 Report and Recommendations. Signed by District Judge Rodney Gilstrap on 3/26/2024. (CH)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
MARSHALL DIVISION
STEPHANIE BENNETT MATA, #283130-78 §
VS.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:21cv081
CRIM NO. 2:18cr008-3

ORDER OF DISMISSAL
Petitioner Stephanie Bennett Mata, a former prisoner confined within the Bureau of Prisons
(BOP), proceeding pro se, filed this habeas action. The case was referred to United States
Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne for findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations for
the disposition of the case.
On February 26, 2024, Judge Payne issued a Report, (Dkt. No. 10), recommending
that Petitioner’s case be dismissed, without prejudice, for Petitioner’s failure to prosecute her
own case. Judge Payne highlighted that Petitioner is no longer imprisoned at the Bryan Federal
Camp, but neither filed an updated address—which is required—nor otherwise communicated
with the Court since March 2021. A copy of this Report was sent to Petitioner at her last-known
address. To date, however, Petitioner has not filed objections.
Because objections to Judge Payne’s Report have not been filed, Petitioner is barred from
de novo review by the District Judge of those findings, conclusions, and recommendations and,
except upon grounds of plain error, from appellate review of the unobjected-to proposed factual
findings and legal conclusions accepted and adopted by the district court. Douglass v. United
Services Auto. Ass’n, 79 F.3d 1415, 1430 (5th Cir. 1996) (en banc).
The Court has reviewed the pleadings in this cause and the Report of the Magistrate Judge.
Upon such review, the Court has determined that the Report of the Magistrate Judge is correct. See
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United States v. Wilson, 864 F.2d 1219, 1221 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 492 U.S. 918, 109 S.Ct. 3243
(1989) (holding that where no objections to a Magistrate Judge’s Report are filed, the standard of
review is “clearly erroneous, abuse of discretion and contrary to law.”). Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that the Report of the United States Magistrate Judge, (Dkt. No.
10), .is ADOPTED as the opinion of the Court. Further, it is
ORDERED that the above-styled habeas proceeding is DISMISSED, without prejudice,
for Petitioner’s failure to prosecute. Petitioner is further DENIED a certificate of appealability sua
sponte, which refers only to this case and does not prevent refiling. Finally, it is
ORDERED that any and all motions which may be pending in this civil action are hereby
DENIED.
So ORDERED and SIGNED this 26th day of March, 2024.

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RODNEY GILSTRAP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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