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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

NORTHWESTERN DIVISION

BRYAN PATRICK GIST

 Petitioner,

v.

THE STATE OF ALABAMA and THE 

ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE 

STATE OF ALABAMA,

 Respondents.

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 Case Number: 3:14-cv-00050-KOB-JHE

 

MEMORANDUM OPINION

On January 17, 2017, the magistrate judge entered a Report and Recommendation (doc. 

20), recommending that the petition for writ of habeas corpus be dismissed with prejudice. No 

objections have been filed.1 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, 

 1 On January 23, 2017, the United States Postal Service returned the report and 

recommendation marked as “undeliverable.” (Doc. 21). Gist has not fulfilled his objection to 

keep the court apprised of his current address. 

FILED

 2017 Feb-09 AM 09:01

U.S. DISTRICT COURT

N.D. OF ALABAMA

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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 and ORDERED this 9th day of February, 2017.

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KARON OWEN BOWDRE

CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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