Opinion
2:14-CV-0095
11-06-2014
BILLY DON MENEFIELD, Petitioner, v. WILLIAM STEPHENS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent.
ORDER OVERRULING OBJECTIONS. ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION. GRANTING RESPONDENT'S MOTION TO DISMISS and DISMISSING PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
Petitioner has filed with this Court a petition for a federal writ of habeas corpus. On October 8, 2014, the United States Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation in this cause, recommending therein that the motion to dismiss filed by respondent be granted, and the instant habeas application be dismissed as time-barred. On November 3, 2014, petitioner filed objections to the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation.
The undersigned United States District Judge has made an independent examination of the record in this case and has considered the objections made by petitioner to the Report and Recommendation. The objections filed by petitioner are hereby OVERRULED, the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation is ADOPTED, and respondent's motion to dismiss is GRANTED. Accordingly, the petition for a writ of habeas corpus is DISMISSED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
ENTERED this 6th day of November, 2014
/s/_________
MARY LOU ROBINSON
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE