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Suggs v. Louisiana

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
Mar 12, 2015
CIVIL ACTION NO: 14-1511 SECTION: R(4) (E.D. La. Mar. 12, 2015)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO: 14-1511 SECTION: R(4)

03-12-2015

TERRELL JAMES SUGGS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA


ORDER AND REASONS

Before the Court is Terrell Suggs's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus, defendant State of Louisiana's response, and the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation ("R&R") that Suggs's petition be dismissed. The Court, having reviewed de novo the complaint, the record, the applicable law, and the Magistrate Judge's unopposed R&R, hereby approves the R&R and adopts it as its opinion. For the reasons stated in the R&R, Suggs's petition is a successive petition over which this Court has no jurisdiction.

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Rule 11(a) of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Proceedings provides that "[t]he district court must issue or deny a certificate of appealability when it enters a final order adverse to the applicant." A court may only issue a certificate of appealability if the petitioner makes "a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right." 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). The "controlling standard" for a certificate of appealability requires the petitioner to show "that reasonable jurists could debate whether (or, for that matter, agree that) the petition should have been resolved in a different manner or that the issues presented [are] adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further." Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336 (2003) (quoting Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000)) (quotation marks removed).

The Court concludes that Suggs's petition fails to satisfy this standard. Accordingly, the Court will not issue a certificate of appealability.

For the foregoing reasons, the Court DISMISSES Suggs's petition for habeas corpus for lack of jurisdiction and DENIES a certificate of appealability.

New Orleans, Louisiana, this 12th day of March, 2015.

/s/ _________

SARAH S. VANCE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE


Summaries of

Suggs v. Louisiana

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
Mar 12, 2015
CIVIL ACTION NO: 14-1511 SECTION: R(4) (E.D. La. Mar. 12, 2015)
Case details for

Suggs v. Louisiana

Case Details

Full title:TERRELL JAMES SUGGS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

Date published: Mar 12, 2015

Citations

CIVIL ACTION NO: 14-1511 SECTION: R(4) (E.D. La. Mar. 12, 2015)