Smith v. State of Washington

Filing 51

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION 48 ; 4 Petitioner's habeas Petition is DISMISSED; denying 49 Motion for Miscellaneous Relief filed by John Garrett Smith, denying 50 Motion for Miscellaneous Relief filed by John Garrett Smith; the case is CLOSED; signed by Judge Ronald B. Leighton. **2 PAGE(S), PRINT ALL**(John Smith, Prisoner ID: 351176)(DN)

HONORABLE RONALD B. LEIGHTON

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT TACOMA

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JOHN GARRETT SMITH,
Petitioner,

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v.

CASE NO. C18-5194 RBL
ORDER

STATE OF WASHINGTON,

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Respondent.

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THIS MATTER is before the Court on Magistrate Judge David Christel’s Report and

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Recommendation [Dkt. # 48], on Petitioner’s Smith’s “Motion for Court to finally stop the

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madness and shift paradigms from bad to good” [Dkt. # 49], and on Smith’s “Motion for Judges

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to Specifically Obey Laws of the United States” [Dkt. # 50].

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The Court hereby ORDERS:

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(1) The Report and Recommendation is ADOPTED.

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(2) Petitioner Smith’s federal habeas Petition [Dkt. # 4] is DISMISSED.

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(3) A certificate of appealability is DENIED for the reasons cogently articulated in the
Report and Recommendation.
Smith’s two new motions [Dkt. #s 49 and 50] are frivolous and they are DENIED. Any
other pending motion is DENIED as moot.
The case is CLOSED. The Clerk is directed to send copies of this Order to Petitioner
Smith and to the Hon. David W. Christel.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated this 14th day of June, 2018.

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Ronald B. Leighton
United States District Judge

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