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Parties Involved:
Ray Hobbs
Defendant
Kenneth Lamar Turner
Plaintiff

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

PINE BLUFF DIVISION

KENNETH LAMAR TURNER, PETITIONER

ADC #078741

v. No. 5:14CV00390 JLH

WENDY KELLEY, Director, 

Arkansas Department of Correction1 RESPONDENT

ORDER

The Court has reviewed the Proposed Findings and Recommended Disposition submitted

by United States Magistrate Judge Joe J. Volpe. No objections have been filed. After careful

consideration, 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.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that respondent’s motion to dismiss (Document #8) is

GRANTED, and Turner’s petition for writ of habeas corpus (Document # 2) is DISMISSED without

prejudice. The requested relief is denied.

DATED this 20th day of January, 2015.

___________________________________

J. LEON HOLMES

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

1

 The petition named Ray Hobbs as the respondent. Mr. Hobbs retired as Director of the

Arkansas Department of Correction on October 31, 2014, and Larry Norris assumed the duties of

Interim Director on November 1, 2014. Wendy Kelley assumed the duties of Director on

January 13, 2015. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25, Ms. Kelley is automatically

substituted as the respondent in place of Mr. Hobbs.

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