Opinion
21-cv-0930 (WMW/DTS) 21-cv-1232 (WMW/DTS)
06-30-2021
Earl Lionell Ward, Petitioner, v. Tracey S Beltz, Warden, Respondent. Earl Lionell Ward, Petitioner, v. Tracey S Beltz, Warden, Respondent.
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
Wilhelmina M. Wright United States District Judge
This matter is before the Court on the May 3, 2021, and May 28, 2021 Reports and Recommendations (R&Rs) of United States Magistrate Judge David T. Schultz. (Case No. 21-cv-0930, Dkt. 12.; Case No. 21-cv-1232, Dkt. 7.) No objections to the R&Rs have been filed. In the absence of timely objections, this Court reviews an R&R for clear error. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b); Grinder v. Gammon, 73 F.3d 793, 795 (8th Cir. 1996) (per curiam). Having reviewed the R&Rs, the Court finds no clear error.
It is possible that Petitioner Earl Lionell Ward intended the filing of his habeas petition in Case No. 21-cv-1232 to constitute an objection to the R&R in Case No. 21-cv-0930. However, Ward's filing in Case No. 21-cv-1232 does not identify an error of law or fact in the R&R in Case No. 21-cv-0930. Therefore, to the extent that Ward intended to object to the R&R in Case No. 21-cv-0930, that objection is overruled.
Based on the R&Rs and all the files, records and proceedings herein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. The May 3, 2021 R&R, (Case No. 21-cv-0930, Dkt. 12), is ADOPTED.
2. Petitioner Earl Lionell Ward's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, (Case No. 21-cv-0930, Dkt. 1), is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
3. Petitioner Earl Lionell Ward's motion to appoint counsel, (Case No. 21-cv-0930, Dkt. 2), is DENIED AS MOOT.
4. The May 28, 2021 R&R, (Case No. 21-cv-1232, Dkt. 7), is ADOPTED.
5. Petitioner Earl Lionell Ward's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, (Case No. 21-cv-1232, Dkt. 1), is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
6. Petitioner Earl Lionell Ward's motion to appoint counsel, (Case No. 21-cv-1232, Dkt. 2), is DENIED AS MOOT.
7. A certificate of appealability, see 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c), SHALL NOT ISSUE.
LET JUDGMENT BE ENTERED ACCORDINGLY.