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holding that a petitioner does not benefit from any statutory tolling for an untimely writ application filed in the Louisiana Supreme Court because “ writ application which fails to comply with La. Sup. Ct. Rule X 5 is not properly filed because it is untimely, and it is not pending post-conviction review for purposes of the . . . statute of limitations and tolling doctrines”
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CIVIL ACTION NO. 07-0216, SECTION "S"(4).
June 26, 2009
ORDER
The Court, having considered the complaint, the record, the applicable law, the Report and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge, and the failure of any party to file an objection to the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, hereby approves the Report and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge and adopts it as its opinion in this matter. Therefore,
IT IS ORDERED that James A. Jenkins, Jr.'s petition for issuance of a Writ of Habeas Corpus, pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C. § 2254 be DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE as time barred.