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Parties Involved:
Schearean Jean Means
Petitioner
State of Alabama
Respondent

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

 MIDDLE DIVISION

SCHEAREAN JEAN MEANS, )

)

Petitioner, )

)

vs. ) Case No. 4:12-cv-04049-WMA-TMP

)

STATE OF ALABAMA, )

)

Respondent. )

MEMORANDUM OPINION

The magistrate judge filed his Report and Recommendation (doc. 16) in the abovestyled cause on May 29, 2014, recommending that the § 2254 petition for writ of habeas

corpus challenging the constitutional validityof Petitioner’s conviction be dismissed without

prejudice because the court is without jurisdiction to adjudicate Petitioner’s claims. 

Schearean Jean Means (“Petitioner”) filed no objections to the Report and Recommendation. 

Instead, on June 8, 2014, Petitioner filed a motion requesting a copy of the Respondent’s

Answer. (Doc. 17). 1

 Petitioner’s motion (doc. 17) refers to the Respondent’s Answer “filed in and by the Court on

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October 7, 2013.” The Respondent’s answer was filed on September 24, 2013, (doc. 10) and the court’s

Order Regarding Summary Disposition was filed on October 7, 2013. (Doc. 11). Although it is difficult

for the court to discern which document the Petitioner is requesting, it appears from the docket summary

that she received both documents. Petitioner was able to respond to the Answer, at the behest of the

court’s Order Regarding Summary Disposition, on November 11, 2013 - following a Motion for

Extension of Time, which the court granted. Without having seen both documents, it is unlikely that

Petitioner would have been able to respond to the Answer, or would have known to ask for an extension

of time in which to file her response. Accordingly, Petitioner’s motion (doc. 17) is due to be and hereby

is DENIED and DISMISSED. The Clerk is DIRECTED to terminate the motion. 

FILED

 2014 Jun-18 PM 02:09

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

recommendation ACCEPTED. A corresponding order shall be entered contemporaneously

herewith.

DONE and ORDERED this 18th day of June, 2014.

_____________________________

WILLIAM M. ACKER, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

 

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