Bingham v. Dretke

Full title: RAYMOND ALONZO BINGHAM, JR. Petitioner, VS. DOUGLAS DRETKE, Director…

Court: United States District Court, N.D. Texas

Date published: Feb 27, 2004

CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:03-CV-877-Y (N.D. Tex. Feb. 27, 2004)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:03-CV-877-Y

February 27, 2004

ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS

TERRY MEANS, District Judge

In this action brought by petitioner Raymond Alonzo Bingham Jr. under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, the Court has made an independent review of the following matters in the above-styled and numbered cause:

1. The pleadings and record;

2. The proposed findings, conclusions, and recommendation of the United States magistrate judge filed on January 9, 2004; and

3. The petitioner's written objections to the proposed findings, conclusions, and recommendation of the United States magistrate judge filed on January 30, 2004.

The Court, after de novo review, concludes that Bingham's objections must be overruled, and that the petition for writ of habeas corpus should be denied for the reasons stated in the magistrate judge's findings and conclusions.

It is therefore ORDERED that the findings, conclusions, and recommendation of the magistrate judge should be, and are hereby, ADOPTED.

It is further ORDERED that Bingham's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus be, and is hereby, DENIED. SIGNED February 27, 2004.