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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

WILLIAM E. WOODS PETITIONER 

ADC #142102 

v. Case No. 5:13-cv-00279-KGB/JTR 

WENDY KELLEY, Director of 

Arkansas Department of Correction1 RESPONDENT 

ORDER

The Court has reviewed the Proposed Findings and Recommended Disposition submitted 

by United States Magistrate Judge J. Thomas Ray (Dkt. No. 17). No objections have been filed. 

After careful consideration, the Court concludes that the Proposed Findings and Recommended 

Disposition should be, and hereby are, approved and adopted in their entirety as this Court’s 

findings in all respects. Judgment will be entered accordingly. 

It is therefore ordered that this petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 

2254 is denied (Dkt. No. 2) and that this case is dismissed with prejudice. A certificate of 

appealability is denied pursuant to Rule 11(a) of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the 

United States District Courts. 

SO ORDERED this the 22nd day of April, 2015. 

________________________________ 

 KRISTINE G. BAKER 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

 1

 Wendy Kelley became Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction on January 

13, 2015, and is automatically substituted as respondent pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 25(d). 

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