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Parties Involved:
Gene Beasley
Defendant
Elvin Winston Ricks
Plaintiff

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

DELTA DIVISION 

ELVIN WINSTON RICKS, 

Reg #56184-080 

PETITIONER 

v. Case No. 2:19-cv-00068-LPR 

GENE BEASLEY, 

Warden, FCI – Forrest City RESPONDENT 

ORDER

The Court has reviewed the Proposed Findings and Recommended Disposition (the 

“Recommendation”) submitted by United States Magistrate Judge Joe J. Volpe. No objections 

have been filed. After careful consideration, the Court approves and adopts the Recommendation 

with the following slight (and legally insignificant) modification. 

The Recommendation states that “it is not clear whether Mr. Ricks has applied to the Fifth 

Circuit for permission to file a successive § 2255 petition from the information provided.” (Doc. 

10 at 4). In Mr. Ricks’s Petition, however, Mr. Ricks expressly answered “No” to the question, 

“Have you ever filed a motion . . . seeking permission to file a second or successive Section 2255 

motion to challenge this conviction or sentence?” (Doc. 1 at 4). This modification—made for 

purposes of clarity—holds no special legal significance. Whether it is “not clear” if Plaintiff 

pursued a successive petition (as Judge Volpe puts it), or it is clear that Plaintiff did not pursue a 

successive petition (as I see the facts), the result remains the same. 

With this slight modification, the Court approves and adopts the Recommendation in its 

entirety. Mr. Ricks’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is DISMISSED without prejudice, and 

the requested relief is denied. 

IT IS SO ORDERED this 26th day of February 2020. 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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