Johnson v. Stephens-Director TDCJ-CID
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ORDER accepting 30 Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendation; denying Certificate of Appealability. The 29 Motion for Relief from Judgment is DENIED. (Ordered by Chief Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn on 12/15/2017) (ran)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
DALLAS DIVISION
ELLOYD JOHNSON
ID # 840854,
Petitioner,
vs.
WILLIAM STEPHENS, Director,
Texas Department of Criminal
Justice, Correctional Institutions Division,
Respondent.
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No. 3:16-CV-55-M
ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION
OF THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
After reviewing the objections to the Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendation of the
United States Magistrate Judge and conducting a de novo review of those parts of the Findings and
Conclusions to which objections have been made, I am of the opinion that the Findings and Conclusions of the Magistrate Judge are correct and they are accepted as the Findings and Conclusions of
the Court.
For the reasons stated in the Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendation of the United
States Magistrate Judge, the motion for relief from judgment (doc. 29) is DENIED.
In accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 22(b) and 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) and after considering the
record in this case and the recommendation of the Magistrate Judge, the Court DENIES the
petitioner a Certificate of Appealability. The Court adopts and incorporates by reference the
Magistrate Judge’s Findings, Conclusions and Recommendation filed in this case in support of its
finding that the petitioner has failed to show (1) that reasonable jurists would find this Court’s
“assessment of the constitutional claims debatable or wrong,” or (2) that reasonable jurists would
find “it debatable whether the petition states a valid claim of the denial of a constitutional right” and
“debatable whether [this Court] was correct in its procedural ruling.” Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S.
473, 484 (2000).1
SIGNED this 15th day of December, 2017.
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BARBARA M. G. LYNN
CHIEF JUDGE
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Rule 11 of the Rules Governing §§ 2254 and 2255 Cases, as amended effective on December 1, 2009, reads
as follows:
(a) Certificate of Appealability. The 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. If the court issues a
certificate, the court must state the specific issue or issues that satisfy the showing required by 28
U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). If the court denies a certificate, the parties may not appeal the denial but may
seek a certificate from the court of appeals under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 22. A motion
to reconsider a denial does not extend the time to appeal.
(b) Time to Appeal. Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a) governs the time to appeal an order
entered under these rules. A timely notice of appeal must be filed even if the district court issues a
certificate of appealability.
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