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Parties Involved:
Renaldo Diaz Perez
Petitioner
Cynthia Stewart
Respondent

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHWESTERN DIVISION

RENALDO DIAZ PEREZ, )

)

Petitioner, )

)

v. ) CaseNo. 3:15-cv-00719-AKK-TMP

)

CYNTHIA STEWART, )

)

Respondent. )

MEMORANDUM OPINION

The magistrate judge filed his Report and Recommendation, doc. 9, in the

above-styled cause on November 6, 2015, recommending that the §2254 petition for

writ of habeas corpus challenging the constitutional validity of Petitioner’s

conviction be denied and dismissed with prejudice because the petition istime barred. 

Id. As the magistrate judge noted, “[t]he petitioner was sentenced on August 3,

201[2]. His sentence became final on September 14, 2012, when his time to file for

appellate review expired. Accordingly, the petitioner had until September 14, 2013,

to timely file his peititon for habeas corpus pursuant to §2254.” Doc. 9 at 5. 

Petitioner filed his peition instead on “April 16, 2015, more than a year and a half

after the limitations period had run.” Id. At 6. 

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FILED

 2015 Dec-02 AM 11:35

U.S. DISTRICT COURT

N.D. OF ALABAMA

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Having now carefully reviewed and considered de novo all materials in the

court file relevant to the case, including the petitioner’s objections to the Report and

Recommendation, the court finds that the report is due to be ADOPTED and the

recommendation ACCEPTED. A corresponding order shall be entered

contemporaneously herewith.

DONE this 2nd day of December, 2015.

________________________________

 ABDUL K. KALLON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

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