Escobar v. Hall

Full title: WALTER ESCOBAR (#589062) v. PAUL HALL, WARDEN

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

Date published: Mar 23, 2016

CIVIL ACTION 13-143-SDD-RLB (M.D. La. Mar. 23, 2016)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION 13-143-SDD-RLB

03-23-2016

WALTER ESCOBAR (#589062) v. PAUL HALL, WARDEN

SHELLY D. DICK, DISTRICT JUDGE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

RULING

The Court, after carefully considering the Petition,¹ the record, the law applicable to this action, and the Report and Recommendation ² of United States Magistrate Judge Richard L. Bourgeois, Jr. dated March 2, 2016, to which no objection has been filed, hereby approves the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge and adopts it as the Court's opinion herein.

1 Rec. Doc. 1.

2 Rec. Doc. 21. --------

ACCORDINGLY, the Petitioner's application for habeas corpus relief shall be dismissed with prejudice as being without merit. Further, in the event that the Petitioner seeks to pursue an appeal in this case, a certificate of appealability shall be denied.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana the 23 day of March, 2016.

/s/ _________

SHELLY D. DICK, DISTRICT JUDGE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA