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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

SOUTHERN DIVISION

TIMOTHY WAYNE STOKES,

Petitioner,

v.

WARDEN KARLA JONES and THE 

ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE

STATE OF ALABAMA,

Respondents.

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Case Number: 2:14-cvB00270-VEH-JHE

MEMORANDUM OPINION

On July 28, 2014, the magistrate judge entered a Report and Recommendation (doc. 8)

recommending that this petition for writ of habeas corpus be dismissed with prejudice. No objections

have been filed. 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 asthe findings and conclusions ofthis 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 a reasonable jurist would find the district court’s

assessment ofthe constitutional claims debatable and wrong,” Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484

(2000), or that “the issues presented were adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further.” 

FILED

 2014 Aug-29 PM 02:23

U.S. DISTRICT COURT

N.D. OF ALABAMA

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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 this 29th day of August, 2014.

VIRGINIA EMERSON HOPKINS

United States District Judge

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