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Townsend v. Crews

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Miami Division
Dec 9, 2014
Case Number: 14-24126-CIV-MORENO (S.D. Fla. Dec. 9, 2014)

Opinion

Case Number: 14-24126-CIV-MORENO

12-09-2014

WILLIAM ALEXANDER TOWNSEND, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL D. CREWS, Defendant.

Counsel of Record William Alexander Townsend, pro se 454325 Florida State Prison K1308-Single Inmate Mail/Parcels 7819 NW 228th Street Raiford, FL 32026


ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION AND DISMISSING CASE AS TIME-BARRED

THE MATTER was referred to the Honorable Patrick A. White, United States Magistrate Judge for a Report and Recommendation on the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (D.E. No. 1), filed on November 4, 2014. The Magistrate Judge filed a Report and Recommendation (D.E. No. 8) on November 10, 2014. The Court has reviewed the entire file and record. The Court has made a de novo review of the issues that the objections to the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation present, and being otherwise fully advised in the premises, it is

ADJUDGED that United States Magistrate Judge Patrick A. White's Report and Recommendation (D.E. No. 8) on November 10, 2014 is AFFIRMED and ADOPTED. Accordingly, it is

ADJUDGED that the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is DISMISSED as time-barred and a certificate of appealability is DENIED because petitioner has failed to make a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2).

DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Miami, Florida, this 9th day of December, 2014.

/s/_________

FEDERICO A. MORENO

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Copies provided to:
United States Magistrate Judge Patrick A. White
Counsel of Record William Alexander Townsend, pro se
454325
Florida State Prison
K1308-Single
Inmate Mail/Parcels
7819 NW 228th Street
Raiford, FL 32026


Summaries of

Townsend v. Crews

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Miami Division
Dec 9, 2014
Case Number: 14-24126-CIV-MORENO (S.D. Fla. Dec. 9, 2014)
Case details for

Townsend v. Crews

Case Details

Full title:WILLIAM ALEXANDER TOWNSEND, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL D. CREWS, Defendant.

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Miami Division

Date published: Dec 9, 2014

Citations

Case Number: 14-24126-CIV-MORENO (S.D. Fla. Dec. 9, 2014)

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