Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-almd-2_09-cv-01035/USCOURTS-almd-2_09-cv-01035-0/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

---

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHERN DIVISION

MICHAEL SCOTT REEDER, )

#232101 )

)

Petitioner, )

) Civil Action No. 2:09-cv-1035-ID

v. ) (WO)

)

)

RICHARD ALLEN, et al., )

)

Respondents. )

O R D E R

Before the court are the Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge (Doc. #26),

Petitioner’s Motion to Amend Complaint (Doc. #32) which this court construes as an

objection to the Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge, and Petitioner’s Motion for

Stay and Abeyance. (Doc. #34). Having conducted a de novo determination of those

portions of the Recommendation to which objections are made, it is CONSIDERED and

ORDERED as follows:

1. Petitioner’s Motion to Amend Complaint (Doc. #32), which this court

construes as an objection to the Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge,

be and the same is hereby OVERRULED.

2. Petitioner’s Motion for Stay and Abeyance (Doc. #34) is DENIED.

3. The Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge (Doc. #26) be and the same

is hereby ADOPTED, APPROVED and AFFIRMED.

Case 2:09-cv-01035-ID-WC Document 35 Filed 04/30/10 Page 1 of 2
4. The petition for habeas corpus relief filed by Michael Scott Reeder be and

the same is hereby DENIED and DISMISSED, without prejudice, for

failure to exhaust his remedies in state court.

1

DONE this 30th day of April, 2010.

/s/ Ira DeMent

SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

 The court notes that the dismissal of the Petitioner’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for 1

failure to exhaust state remedies does not render a subsequent petition for a writ of habeas corpus

second or successive under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b). See, e.g., Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473,

486-87, 120 S. Ct. 1595, 1605, 146 L. Ed. 2d 542 (2000). 

2

Case 2:09-cv-01035-ID-WC Document 35 Filed 04/30/10 Page 2 of 2