Opinion
4:23-cv-01211-LPR
07-08-2024
BRENT CHARLES MCJUNKINS ADC #181804 PETITIONER v. DEXTER PAYNE, Director, Arkansas Division of Corrections RESPONDENT
ORDER
LEE P. RUDOFSKY UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
The Court has reviewed the Recommended Disposition (RD) submitted by United States Magistrate Judge Edie R. Ervin (Doc. 12). No objections have been filed, and the time for doing so has expired. After a de novo review of the RD and careful consideration of the entire case record, the Court hereby approves and adopts the RD in its entirety as this Court's findings and conclusions in all respects.
Although he did not file objections, Petitioner did file an interlocutory appeal of the RD to the Eighth Circuit. See Doc. 13. The Court has considered the arguments raised in his Notice of Interlocutory Appeal as though they are objections to the RD. See Doc. 13.
Despite his argument to the contrary, Petitioner does not have a protected property interest in the procedures outlined in Arkansas Code Annotated § 16-93-615 (Parole eligibility procedures--Offenses committed after January 1, 1994). See Jennings v. Lombardi, 70 F.3d 994, 995-96 (8th Cir. 1995) (explaining that “a protected property interest is not created” by a state statute that is “only procedural”).
Accordingly, the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. 2) is DISMISSED with prejudice. A certificate of appealability will not issue.
IT IS SO ORDERED