Williams v. Davis-Director TDCJ-CID

Filing 51

Order Adopting 47 Findings and Recommendations and Denying Certificate of Appealability. (Ordered by Judge Sidney A Fitzwater on 9/14/2018) (axm)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
DALLAS DIVISION
GEORGE LEON WILLIAMS, JR.
ID # 1745723,
Petitioner,
vs.
LORIE DAVIS, Director,
Texas Department of Criminal
Justice, Correctional Institutions Division,
Respondent.

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No. 3:16-CV-1923-D

ORDER
After reviewing all relevant matters of record in this case, including the findings, conclusions, and recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. §
636(b)(1), the court is of the opinion that the findings and conclusions of the magistrate judge are
correct and they are adopted 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 petition
for habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 is denied with prejudice.
Considering the record in this case and pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 22(b), Rule 11(a) of the
Rules Governing §§ 2254 and 2255 proceedings, and 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c), the court denies 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).

If petitioner files a notice of appeal,
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petitioner may proceed in forma pauperis on appeal.

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petitioner must pay the $505.00 appellate filing fee or submit a motion to proceed in
forma pauperis.

SO ORDERED.
September 14, 2018.

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SIDNEY A. FITZWATER
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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