Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 11-0304-BAJ-DLD
10-30-2012
JACOB M. BELL, SR. (#442374) v. DEPUTY WARDEN ANTHONY BATON
RULING
The Court has carefully considered the petition, the record, the law applicable to this action, and the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Docia L. Dalby dated September 24, 2012 (doc. 15), and plaintiff's opposition filed September 14, 2012 (doc. 17).
The Court hereby approves the report and recommendation of the magistrate judge and adopts it as the Court's opinion herein.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the petitioner's application for habeas corpus relief is dismissed in part as being procedurally defaulted and in part as being without merit, and this action shall be dismissed.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 30, 2012.
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BRIAN A. JACKSON, CHIEF JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA