Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 14-180-JWD-RLB
03-01-2017
OPINION
After independently reviewing the entire record in this case and for the reasons set forth in the Magistrate Judge's Report dated February 14, 2017, to which an objection was filed:
IT IS ORDERED that the petitioner's application for habeas corpus relief be dismissed, with prejudice, as lacking merit.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, in the event that the petitioner seeks to pursue an appeal, a certificate of appealability be denied.
Signed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on March 1, 2017.
/s/ _________
JUDGE JOHN W. deGRAVELLES
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA