Pellecier v. United States Attorney General

Filing 22

ORDER ADOPTING MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATIONS re: granting 12 MOTION to Dismiss, 20 Memorandum and Recommendations (Signed by Judge Hilda G Tagle) Parties notified.(lcayce, 2)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION
THOMAS DUANE MERRERO
PELLECIER,

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Petitioner,
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UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
GENERAL,
Respondent.

United States District Court
Southern District of Texas

ENTERED
December 16, 2016
David J. Bradley, Clerk

CIVIL NO. 2:16-CV-22

ORDER
Petitioner Thomas Duane Merrero Pellecier, Texas prisoner number
01940959, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §
2241, which argues that he is entitled to credit on his federal sentence for time he
has spent in state custody. Dkt. No. 1.
The Court has before it Respondent’s motion to dismiss, Dkt. No. 12,
Petitioner’s response to this motion, Dkt. No. 19, and the Memorandum and
Recommendations of the magistrate judge to whom this case was referred pursuant
to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b), Dkt. No. 20 (“M&R”). The deadline to file objections to the
magistrate judge’s proposed findings and recommendations has passed, and the
docket sheet shows that no objections have been filed. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)
(setting 14-day deadline to file objections); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2) (same); see also
M&R at 7 (advising parties of 14-day deadline).
After independently reviewing the record and considering the applicable law,
the Court adopts the magistrate judge’s proposed findings and recommendations;
GRANTS Respondent’s motion to dismiss, Dkt. No. 12; and DISMISSES
WITHOUT PREJUDICE the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, Dkt. No. 1. The
Clerk shall close this case after entering the accompanying judgment.
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 16th day of December, 2016.
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Hilda Tagle
Senior United States District Judge