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Parties Involved:
Wesley Jefferson
Plaintiff
Wendy Kelly
Defendant

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

PINE BLUFF DIVISION 

WESLEY JEFFERSON 

ADC #104933 PETITIONER 

 

V. NO. 5:15CV00186 JM/JTR 

WENDY KELLY, Director, 

Arkansas Department of Correction RESPONDENT 

ORDER

 The Court has reviewed the Recommended Disposition submitted by United 

States Magistrate Judge J. Thomas Ray and the objections filed by Petitioner. 

After carefully considering these documents and making a de novo review of the 

record in this case, the Court concludes that the Recommended Disposition should 

be, and hereby is, approved and adopted in its entirety as this Court's findings in all 

respects. Judgment will be entered accordingly. 

 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT: 

 1. Petitioner’s Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis, Doc. 1, is 

GRANTED; 

 2. The 28 U.S.C. § 2254 Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus, Doc. 2, is 

DISMISSED, WITHOUT PREJUDICE, so that Petitioner may seek authorization 

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from the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A), 

to file a successive habeas petition; 

 3. A Certificate of Appealability is DENIED, see 28 U.S.C. § 

2253(c)(1)-(2); Rule 11(a), Rules Governing § 2254 Cases in United States District 

Courts; Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); and 

 4. Petitioner’s “Motion to Proceed Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254” (doc. 3) is 

DENIED, AS MOOT. 

 Dated this 8th day of July, 2015. 

 ________________________________________ 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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