Opinion
2:11-CV-251
01-27-2012
ALVIN MCKNIGHT, Petitioner, v. RICK THALER, Director, Texas Dep't of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent.
ORDER OVERRULING OBJECTIONS.
ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
DISMISSING PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS,
and. IN THE ALTERNATIVE.
DENYING PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
Before the Court is an unsigned application for a writ of habeas corpus by a person in state custody. On December 29, 2011, the United States Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation in this cause, recommending therein that petitioner's habeas petition be dismissed for failure to comply with federal and local pleading requirements, or, in the alternative, denied. On January 25, 2012, petitioner filed objections to the Report and Recommendation.
The undersigned United States District Judge has made an independent examination of the record in this case and has considered the objections made by petitioner to the Report and Recommendation. The objections filed by petitioner are without merit and are hereby OVERRULED. The Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation is hereby ADOPTED. Accordingly, the petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by petitioner is DISMISSED, and, in the alternative, DENIED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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MARY LOU ROBINSON
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE