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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (federa

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

EASTERN DIVISION

WATKINS RICHARDSON,

Petitioner,

v.

WARDEN JOHN T. RATHMAN,

Respondent.

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Case Number: 1:13-cv 01346-WMAJHE

MEMORANDUM OPINION

On June 16, 2016, the magistrate judge entered a Report and

Recommendation, (doc. 9), recommending that this petition for

writ of habeas corpus be dismissed. 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

FILED

 2016 Jul-20 AM 11:28

U.S. DISTRICT COURT

N.D. OF ALABAMA

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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 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 this 20th day of July, 2016.

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WILLIAM M. ACKER, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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