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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

PINE BLUFF DIVISION

THOMAS T. JONES PETITIONER

v. Case No. 5:15-cv-00072 KGB-BD

WENDY KELLEY, Director, 

Arkansas Department of Correction RESPONDENT

ORDER

The Court has reviewed the Recommended Disposition filed by United States Magistrate 

Judge Beth Deere (Dkt. No. 14). Petitioner Thomas T. Jones has filed an objection to the 

Recommended Disposition (Dkt. No. 19). Respondent Wendy Kelley has filed a response to Mr. 

Jones’s objections (Dkt. No. 20). After careful review of the Recommended Disposition, the 

timely objections, the response to those objections, and a de novo review of the record, the Court

concludes that the Recommended Disposition should be, and hereby is, approved and adopted in 

its entirety as this Court’s findings in all respects. 

Mr. Jones’s petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied and dismissed with prejudice

(Dkt. No. 1).

When entering a final order adverse to a habeas corpus petitioner, the Court must issue or 

deny a certificate of appealability. Rule 11 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases. A 

certificate of appealability may issue only if a petitioner has made a substantial showing of the 

denial of a constitutional right. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)-(2). In this case, there is no basis for this 

Court to issue a certificate of appealability. Accordingly, a certificate of appealability is denied.

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SO ORDERED this 7th day of January, 2015.

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KRISTINE G. BAKER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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