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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 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

PINE BLUFF DIVISION

JACQUES R SLOCUM PETITIONER

ADC #152766

v. Case No. 5:14-cv-00163-JM-JTK

WENDY KELLEY, Director, RESPONDENT

Arkansas Department of Correction

ORDER

The Court has received proposed findings and recommendations from United States

Magistrate Judge Jerome T. Kearney. After careful review of the findings and

recommendations and the timely objections thereto, as well as a de novo review of the record,

the Court concludes that the findings and recommendations should be, and are hereby,

approved and adopted as this Court’s findings in all respects in their entirety. Judgment shall

be entered accordingly. 

The Court will issue a certificate of appealability on Mr. Slocum’s ineffective

assistance of counsel claims for failure to ask for a competency hearing and failure to present

mitigating evidence. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c).

SO ORDERED 18th day of December, 2015.

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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