Rivera-Gaona v. United States of America

Filing 16

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS. A Certificate of Appealability is DENIED. Case terminated on 4/20/2017.(Signed by Judge Randy Crane) Parties notified.(BelindaSaenz, 7)

United States District Court
Southern District of Texas

ENTERED
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
MCALLEN DIVISION
EDGAR JAVIER RIVERA-GAONA
VS.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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April 20, 2017
David J. Bradley, Clerk

CIVIL ACTION NO. M-14-184
CRIMINAL NO. M-12-1974-1

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
Pending before the Court is Movant=s motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ' 2255, which motion had been referred to the Magistrate Court for a
report and recommendation. On March 20, 2017, the Magistrate Court issued the Report and
Recommendation, recommending that Movant’s section 2255 motion be dismissed with
prejudice, Respondent’s motion to dismiss be granted, and that a Certificate of Appealability be
denied upon the issuance of this Court=s final order. The time for filing objections has passed,
and no objections have been filed.
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b), the Court has reviewed the Report and
Recommendation for clear error.1

Finding no clear error, the Court adopts the Report and

Recommendation in its entirety. Accordingly, Respondent’s Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. Entry No.
8) is GRANTED, and Movant’s section 2255 claims are DISMISSED with prejudice. A
Certificate of Appealability is DENIED.

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As noted by the Fifth Circuit, A[t]he advisory committee=s note to Rule 72(b) states that, >[w]hen
no timely objection is filed, the [district] court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the
record in order to accept the recommendation.=@ Douglas v. United Services Auto. Ass=n, 79 F.3d 1415, 1420 (5th
Cir. 1996)(quoting Fed. R. Civ. P.72(b) advisory committee=s note (1983)) superceded by statute on other grounds
by 28 U.S.C. ' 636(b)(1), as stated in ACS Recovery Servs., Inc v. Griffin, No. 11-40446, 2012 WL 1071216, at *7
n.5 (5th Cir. April 2, 2012).

SO ORDERED this 20th day of April, 2017, at McAllen, Texas.
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Randy Crane
United States District Judge

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