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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

PINE BLUFF DIVISION

STEVEN C. HAYES PLAINTIFF

v. CASE NO. 5:16-CV-00162 BSM

WENDY KELLEY, Director, 

Arkansas Department of Correction DEFENDANT

ORDER

The proposed findings and recommendations submitted by United States Magistrate

Judge Jerome T. Kearney [Doc. No. 35] have been received, along with the objections

thereto submitted by plaintiff Steven Hayes [Doc. Nos. 37, 39, 40, 43]. After de novo

review of the record, the proposed findings and recommendations are adopted in part and

rejected in part. Hayes’s writ of habeas corpus [Doc. No. 1] is dismissed for his failure to

exhaust state court remedies as required by 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b)(1)(A). 

Accordingly, Hayes’s petition is dismissed without prejudice, the relief sought is

denied, and the remainder of Hayes’s outstanding motions are denied as moot [Doc. Nos. 

21, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 42, 44, 45]. A certificate of appealability will not be granted because

Hayes has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right. 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2253(c)(1)-(2). An in forma pauperis appeal, therefore, would not be taken in good faith. 

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See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3); Fed. R. App. P. 24(a)(3)(A).

 IT IS SO ORDERED this 25th day of October 2016.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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