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McDonald v. Epps

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN DIVISION
Oct 15, 2014
CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:14cv116-KS-MTP (S.D. Miss. Oct. 15, 2014)

Summary

determining that petitioner's claims were unexhausted because the Mississippi Supreme Court had dismissed petitioner's appeal for failure to pay filing fees

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Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:14cv116-KS-MTP

10-15-2014

RONNIE MCDONALD v. CHRISTOPHER B. EPPS


ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

This cause came on this date to be heard upon the Report and Recommendation [8] of the United States Magistrate Judge entered herein on September 26, 2014, after referral of hearing by this Court, no objections having been filed as to the Report and Recommendation, and the Court, having fully reviewed the same as well as the record in this matter, and being duly advised in the premises, finds that said Report and Recommendation should be adopted as the opinion of this Court.

IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation be, and the same hereby is, adopted as the finding of this Court, and Respondent's Motion to Dismiss [5] is granted, and that Petitioner's Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus is denied. The claims that accrued before November 15, 2012, should be dismissed with prejudice because they are time barred. The claims that accrued from November 15, 2012, through January 2013, should be dismissed without prejudice because of Petitioner's failure to exhaust. A separate Judgment will be entered herein as required by Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

SO ORDERED, this the 15th day of October, 2014.

s/Keith Starrett

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE


Summaries of

McDonald v. Epps

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN DIVISION
Oct 15, 2014
CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:14cv116-KS-MTP (S.D. Miss. Oct. 15, 2014)

determining that petitioner's claims were unexhausted because the Mississippi Supreme Court had dismissed petitioner's appeal for failure to pay filing fees

Summary of this case from Jones v. Denmark
Case details for

McDonald v. Epps

Case Details

Full title:RONNIE MCDONALD v. CHRISTOPHER B. EPPS

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN DIVISION

Date published: Oct 15, 2014

Citations

CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:14cv116-KS-MTP (S.D. Miss. Oct. 15, 2014)

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