Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:16-CV-2
06-01-2016
WALTER CHARLES JONES v. LEONARD GIBLIN
ORDER OVERRULING PETITIONER'S OBJECTIONS AND ADOPTING THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
Petitioner Walter Charles Jones, a prisoner confined at the Eastham Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, brought this petition for writ of mandamus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1651.
The court referred this matter to the Honorable Zack Hawthorn, United States Magistrate Judge, for consideration pursuant to applicable laws and orders of this court. The Magistrate Judge has submitted a Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge. The Magistrate Judge recommends denying the petition.
The court has received and considered the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge, along with the record and the pleadings. Petitioner filed objections to the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation.
The court has conducted a de novo review of the objections in relation to the pleadings and the applicable law. See FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b). After careful consideration of all the pleadings and the relevant case law, the court concludes that petitioner's objections lack merit. Petitioner requests an order requiring Judge Leonard Giblin to rule on a motion pending in petitioner's state criminal case. However, this court has no authority to issue a writ of mandamus to direct a state court or judicial officer to perform his duties. Moye v. DeKalb County Superior Court, 474 F.2d 1275, 1276 (5th Cir. 1973).
ORDER
Accordingly, petitioner's objections (document no. 4) are OVERRULED. The findings of fact and conclusions of law of the Magistrate Judge are correct, and the report of the Magistrate Judge (document no. 2) is ADOPTED. A final judgment will be entered in this case in accordance certificate of appealability will not be issued.
So ORDERED and SIGNED this 1 day of June, 2016.
/s/_________
Ron Clark, United States District Judge