Opinion
No. 3:17-CV-1471-C-BK
09-07-2018
HARVEY LUTHER TEEL, ID #1956147, Petitioner, v. LORIE DAVIS, Director Texas Department Criminal Justice Correctional Institutional Division, Respondent.
ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
After reviewing all relevant matters of record in this case, including the Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge and Petitioner's objections thereto (filed August 27, 2018), in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), the undersigned Senior District Judge is of the opinion that the Findings and Conclusions of the Magistrate Judge are correct and they are accepted as the Findings and Conclusions of the Court.
The Court finds that Petitioner's objections should be OVERRULED. --------
For the reasons stated in the Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge, by separate judgment, the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is DENIED.
Pursuant to Rule 22 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure and 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c), this Court finds that a certificate of appealability should be denied. Petitioner has failed to show that reasonable jurists would find (1) this Court's "assessment of the constitutional claims debatable or wrong," or (2) "it debatable whether the petition states a valid claim of the denial of a constitutional right" and "debatable whether [this Court] was correct in its procedural ruling." Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000).
SIGNED this 7th day of September, 2018.
/s/ _________
SAM R. CUMMINGS
SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE