Demar v. Davis

Filing 16

ORDER ADOPTING MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATIONS granting re: 14 MOTION for Summary Judgment with Brief in Support, adopting 15 Memorandum and Recommendations; Dismissing Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus 1 and Denying Certificate of Appealability. (Signed by Judge Hilda G Tagle) Parties notified.(vrios, 2)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION
HORACE DEMAR,
Petitioner,
VS.
LORIE DAVIS,
Respondent.

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United States District Court
Southern District of Texas

ENTERED
July 24, 2017
David J. Bradley, Clerk

CIVIL NO. 2:16-CV-320

ORDER
Petitioner Horace Demar, an inmate in the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice – Correctional Institutions Division currently incarcerated at the McConnell
Unit in Beeville, Texas, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to
28 U.S.C. § 2254 alleging that his right to due process was violated in a prison
disciplinary hearing which resulted in the imposition of punishment. Dkt. No. 1.
The Court has before it Respondent’s motion for summary judgment,1 Dkt. No. 14,
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. 15 (“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 10 (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 for summary judgment, Dkt. No. 14; DISMISSES
the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, Dkt. No. 1; and DENIES Petitioner a
certificate of appealability. The Clerk shall close this case after entering the
accompanying judgment.
SIGNED this 24th day of July, 2017.
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Hilda Tagle
Senior United States District Judge
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Petitioner did not respond to this motion.

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