Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-alnd-5_01-cv-03115/USCOURTS-alnd-5_01-cv-03115-0/pdf.json

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

---

The clerk is DIRECTED to attach to this order, a copy of the court’s May 10, 2002 order (court document 1

10), along with the mailing certificate. 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHEASTERN DIVISION

ODEANA FREDRICK FIELDS, ]

]

Petitioner, ]

]

vs. ] CIVIL ACTION NO. 01-RRA-3115-NE

]

WARDEN LEONEAL DAVIS and ]

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE ]

STATE OF ALABAMA, ]

]

Respondents. ]

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This is a habeas corpus petition. The magistrate judge entered a report and recommendation

recommending that the respondents’ motion for summary judgment be granted and the action

dismissed. The petitioner filed objections on December 12, 2005, complaining that he was not

allowed to respond to the respondents’ answer to his petition. By order entered December 15, 2005,

the court set out the following:

The court notes that by order entered May 10, 2002, the petitioner was

notified that the respondents’ answer would be treated as a motion for summary

judgment and he was afforded twenty days in which to respond to the answer. That

order was mailed to the petitioner at his then-current address, and that mail was not

returned to the court. However, the court will afford the petitioner another chance 1

to respond to the respondents’ answer. 

The petitioner was allowed until December 22, 2005, to file a response and was informed that “[i]n

the event the petitioner fails to file a timely response, the court will proceed with the case on the

report and recommendation that now exists.”

FILED

 2006 Jan-03 AM 11:41

U.S. DISTRICT COURT

N.D. OF ALABAMA

Case 5:01-cv-03115-WMA Document 23 Filed 01/03/06 Page 1 of 2
2

To date, the petitioner has filed nothing in response to the respondents’ motion for summary

judgment. Thus, the court is proceeding with the case on the report and recommendation. The court

has considered the entire file in this action, including the report and recommendation and the

petitioner’s objections to 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 the court. This habeas petition is due to be

dismissed. An appropriate order will be entered.

Done this 3 day of January, 2006. rd

_____________________________

WILLIAM M. ACKER, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Case 5:01-cv-03115-WMA Document 23 Filed 01/03/06 Page 2 of 2