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Parties Involved:
Wendy Kelley
Defendant
Nicholas Tarkington
Plaintiff

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

PINE BLUFF DIVISION

NICHOLAS TARKINGTON PETITIONER

ADC #145954

v. No. 5:16CV00220-JLH-JJV

WENDY KELLEY, Director, 

Arkansas Department of Correction RESPONDENT

ORDER

The Court has reviewed the Proposed Findings and Recommended Disposition submitted

by United States Magistrate Judge Joe J. Volpe and Petitioner’s objections. After carefully

considering the objections and making a de novo review of the record, the Court concludes that the

Proposed Findings and Recommended Disposition should be, and hereby are, approved and adopted

in their entirety as this Court’s findings in all respects. The denial of a first habeas petition on

procedural default grounds constitutes disposition on the merits and renders a subsequent habeas

petition “second or successive.” Moua v. Minnesota, Civil File No. 14-3158 (JRT/SER), 2014 WL

4659645 (D. Minn. Sept. 17, 2014).

IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that:

1. Petitioner’s cause of action is DISMISSED, and the requested relief is DENIED.

2. A certificate of appealability is DENIED.

SO ORDERED this 9th day of September, 2016.

__________________________________

J. LEON HOLMES

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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