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Nature of Suit Code: 510
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Vacate Sentence
Cause of Action: 28:2255 Motion to Vacate / Correct Illegal Sentenc

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

SOUTHERN DIVISION

TIMOTHY TERRILL CARPENTER,

Movant,

v.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Respondent.

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Case No.: 2:13-cv-08043-LSC-JHE

 (2:08-cr-00064-LSC-JHE-12)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

On August 5, 2016, the magistrate judge entered a Report and Recommendation, (doc. 

20), recommending that this motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence be DENIED. 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 as the findings and conclusions of this court. The motion to vacate, set 

aside, or correct sentence 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 reasonable jurists would find the district 

court’s assessment of the constitutional claims debatable or wrong,” Slack v. McDaniel, 529 

U.S. 473, 484 (2000), or that “the issues presented were adequate to deserve encouragement to 

proceed further,” Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336 (2003) (internal quotations omitted). 

This Court finds Petitioner’s claims do not satisfy either standard. 

FILED

 2016 Sep-21 PM 01:53

U.S. DISTRICT COURT

N.D. OF ALABAMA

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DONE and ORDERED on September 21, 2016.

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L. Scott Coogler

United States District Judge

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