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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHEASTERN DIVISION

JOSE Q. MARTINEZ,

 Petitioner,

v.

WARDEN CHRISTOPHER GORDY

and THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR 

THE STATE OF ALABAMA,

 Respondents.

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 Case Number: 5:15-cv-01763-LSC-JHE

 

MEMORANDUM OPINION

On July 7, 2016, the magistrate judge entered a Report and Recommendation, 

recommending that this petition for writ of habeas corpus be dismissed as time-barred. (Doc. 3). 

No objections have been filed. The court has considered the entire file in this action, together 

with the report and recommendation, and has reached an independent conclusion that the report 

and recommendation is due to be adopted and approved.

Accordingly, the court hereby adopts and approves the findings and recommendation of 

the magistrate judge as the findings and conclusions of this court. The petition for writ of habeas 

corpus is due to be DISMISSED. A separate Order will be entered. 

This Court may issue a certificate of appealability “only if the applicant has a made a 

substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). To make 

such a showing, a “petitioner must demonstrate that reasonable jurists would find the district 

court’s assessment of the constitutional claims debatable or wrong,” Slack v. McDaniel, 529 

U.S. 473, 484 (2000), or that “the issues presented were adequate to deserve encouragement to 

FILED

 2016 Sep-12 PM 02:03

U.S. DISTRICT COURT

N.D. OF ALABAMA

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proceed further,” Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336 (2003) (internal quotations omitted). 

This Court finds Petitioner’s claims do not satisfy either standard. 

DONE and ORDERED on September 12, 2016.

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L. Scott Coogler

United States District Judge

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