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Campos v. Thaler

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH DIVISION
May 8, 2012
CIVIL ACTION NO.4:11-CV-761-Y (N.D. Tex. May. 8, 2012)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO.4:11-CV-761-Y

05-08-2012

RICARDO SANMIGUEL CAMPOS, v. RICK THALER, Director, T.D.C.J. Correctional Institutions Di v.


ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS

AND ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

In this action brought by petitioner Ricardo Sanmiguel Campos under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, the Court has made an independent review of the following matters in the above-styled and numbered cause:

1. The pleadings and record;
2. The proposed findings, conclusions, and recommendation of the United States magistrate judge filed on April 9, 2012; and
3. The petitioner's written objections to the proposed findings, conclusions, and recommendation of the United States magistrate judge filed on April 25, 2012.

The Court, after de novo review, concludes that Petitioner's objections must be overruled, and that the petition for writ of habeas corpus should be denied for the reasons stated in the magistrate judge's findings and conclusions.

Therefore, the findings, conclusions, and recommendation of the magistrate judge are ADOPTED.

Petitioner Ricardo Sanmiguel Campos's petition for writ of habeas corpus is DENIED.

Certificate of Appealability

Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 22 provides that an appeal may not proceed unless a certificate of appealability (COA) is issued under 28 U.S.C. § 2253. Rule 11 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Proceedings now requires that the Court "must issue or deny a certificate of appealability when it enters a final order adverse to the applicant." The COA may issue "only if the applicant has made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right." A petitioner satisfies this standard by showing "that jurists of reason could disagree with the district court's resolution of his constitutional claims or that jurists of reason could conclude the issues presented are adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further."

RULES GOVERNING SECTION 2254 PROCEEDINGS IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS, RULE 11(a) (December 1, 2009).

Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 326 (2003), citing Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000).

Upon review and consideration of the record in the above-referenced case as to whether petitioner Ricardo Sanmiguel Campos has made a showing that reasonable jurists would question this Court's rulings, the Court determines he has not and that a certificate of appealability should not issue for the reasons stated in the April 9, 2012 Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge.

Fed. R. App. P. 22(b); see also 28 U.S.C.A. § 2253(c)(2)(West 2006).
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Therefore, a certificate of appealability should not issue.

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TERRY R. MEANS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE


Summaries of

Campos v. Thaler

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH DIVISION
May 8, 2012
CIVIL ACTION NO.4:11-CV-761-Y (N.D. Tex. May. 8, 2012)
Case details for

Campos v. Thaler

Case Details

Full title:RICARDO SANMIGUEL CAMPOS, v. RICK THALER, Director, T.D.C.J. Correctional…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH DIVISION

Date published: May 8, 2012

Citations

CIVIL ACTION NO.4:11-CV-761-Y (N.D. Tex. May. 8, 2012)