Zuniga v. Thaler

Full title: EFREN ZUNIGA, JR., Petitioner, v. RICK THALER, Director, Texas Department…

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AMARILLO DIVISION

Date published: Jul 3, 2012

2:09-CV-0144 (N.D. Tex. Jul. 3, 2012)

Opinion

2:09-CV-0144

07-03-2012

EFREN ZUNIGA, JR., Petitioner, v. RICK THALER, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent.

MARY LOU ROBINSON

ORDER OVERRULING OBJECTIONS,

ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

and DENYING PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

Petitioner has filed with this Court an application for a writ of habeas corpus by a person in state custody. On May 25, 2012, the United States Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation in this cause, recommending therein that habeas relief be denied. Petitioner filed objections to the Report and Recommendation on June 19, 2012. As of this date, respondent has not filed objections.

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 hereby ADOPTED. Accordingly, the petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by petitioner is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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MARY LOU ROBINSON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE