Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:12-cv-2682
04-02-2013
LOUIS T. McKEAVER LA. DOC #229549 v. WARDEN BURL CAIN
JUDGE S. MAURICE HICKS
MAGISTRATE JUDGE KAREN L. HAYES
JUDGMENT
For the reasons stated in the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge previously filed herein, and after an independent review of the record including the objections filed by petitioner, and having determined that the findings and recommendation are correct under the applicable law;
IT IS ORDERED that this petition for writ of habeas corpus (28 U.S.C. §2254) be DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE since petitioner's sole claim for relief was dismissed by the Louisiana courts as procedurally defaulted.
THUS DONE AND SIGNED, in chambers, in Shreveport, Louisiana, on this 2nd day of April, 2013.
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S. MAURICE HICKS, JR.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE