Collins v. Cockrell

Full title: LONNIE PAY COLLINS, Petitioner, v. JANIE COCKRELL, DIRECTOR, T.D.C.J.…

Court: United States District Court, N.D. Texas, Fort Worth Division

Date published: Oct 22, 2002

Civil Action No. 4:02-CV-522-Y (N.D. Tex. Oct. 22, 2002)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 4:02-CV-522-Y

October 22, 2002

ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS (With Special Instructions to Clerk of the Court)

TERRY R. MEANS, United States District Judge.

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 October 4, 2002.

3. The Petitioner's written objections to the proposed findings, conclusions and recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge filed on October 15, 2002.

The Court, after de novo review, finds and determines that Petitioner'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 Petitioner's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus be, and is hereby, DENIED.

It is further ORDERED that the clerk of the Court shall transmit a copy of this order to Petitioner by certified mail, return receipt requested.

FINAL JUDGMENT

Pursuant to an Order issued this same day, and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 58:

It is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that Petitioner's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus be, and is hereby, DENIED.

It is further ORDERED that all costs of court are taxed against the party that incurred them.