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Hurtado v. Cockrell

United States District Court, N.D. Texas, Dallas Division
Oct 15, 2002
No. 3:02-CV-0778-M (N.D. Tex. Oct. 15, 2002)

Summary

comparing the lack of Spanish legal texts and absence of interpreters to inadequacies of prison law libraries or ignorance of the law and explaining that the Fifth Circuit has held that such claims are not "on a par" with a state-created impediment required by § 2244(d)(B)

Summary of this case from Alvarado v. Stephens

Opinion

No. 3:02-CV-0778-M

October 15, 2002


ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE


After reviewing the objections to the Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge and conducting a de nova review of those parts of the Findings and Conclusions to which objections have been made, I am of the opinion that the Findings and Conclusions of the Magistrate Judge are correct and they are accepted as the Findings and Conclusions of the Court.


Summaries of

Hurtado v. Cockrell

United States District Court, N.D. Texas, Dallas Division
Oct 15, 2002
No. 3:02-CV-0778-M (N.D. Tex. Oct. 15, 2002)

comparing the lack of Spanish legal texts and absence of interpreters to inadequacies of prison law libraries or ignorance of the law and explaining that the Fifth Circuit has held that such claims are not "on a par" with a state-created impediment required by § 2244(d)(B)

Summary of this case from Alvarado v. Stephens
Case details for

Hurtado v. Cockrell

Case Details

Full title:JOSE R. HURTADO, ID # 750634, Petitioner, v. JANIE COCKRELL, Director…

Court:United States District Court, N.D. Texas, Dallas Division

Date published: Oct 15, 2002

Citations

No. 3:02-CV-0778-M (N.D. Tex. Oct. 15, 2002)

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