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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

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

SOUTHERN DIVISION

DAVID LEE FRANK, )

Petitioner, )

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v. ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 16-00362-WS-N

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NOAH PRICE OLIVER, Warden, )

Mobile County Metro Jail, )

Respondent. )

ORDER

After due and proper consideration of the issues raised, and there having been no 

objections filed, the Report and Recommendations of the Magistrate Judge made under 28 

U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B)-(C), Rule 8(b) of the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases in the United States 

District Courts, and S.D. Ala. GenLR 72(a)(2)(R), and dated October 4, 2016, is ADOPTED as 

the opinion of this Court.

Accordingly, it is ORDERED that Petitioner David Lee Frank’s operative Petition for a 

Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Doc. 5) is DISMISSED for lack of jurisdiction 

as an unauthorized second or successive petition and that his pending motions (Docs. 7, 8) are 

therefore MOOT. The Court also certifies that any appeal by Frank of the dismissal of the 

present habeas petition would be without merit and therefore not taken in good faith. Thus, 

Frank is not entitled to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal.

DONE and ORDERED this the 3rd day of November, 2016.

s/WILLIAM H. STEELE

CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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