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Parties Involved:
Carter Davenport
Respondent
Wendell Hightower
Petitioner

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

SOUTHERN DIVISION

WENDELL HIGHTOWER, AIS #124216 :

Petitioner, :

:

v. : CIVIL ACTION 15-00427-KD-C

:

CARTER DAVENPORT, :

Respondent. :

ORDER

After due and proper consideration of all portions of this file deemed relevant to the 

issues raised, and a de novo determination of those portions of the Report and Recommendation 

to which objection is made, the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge made 

under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l)(B) and dated September 11, 2015, is ADOPTED as the opinion of 

this Court. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that Petitioner Hightower’s petition for writ of habeas 

corpus is summarily dismissed, in accordance with Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 

Cases, for failure to state a claim for federal habeas corpus relief. 

Petitioner Hightower is not entitled to a certificate of appealability and, therefore, he is 

not entitled to appeal in forma pauperis.

DONE and ORDERED this the 8th day of October 2015.

/s/ Kristi K. DuBose

KRISTI K. DuBOSE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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