Victorian v. TDCJ Dir.

Full title: DARRYL WADE VICTORIAN, Petitioner, v. TDCJ DIRECTOR, Respondent.

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS TYLER DIVISION

Date published: May 19, 2020

Case No. 6:18-CV-654-JDK-KNM (E.D. Tex. May. 19, 2020)

Opinion

Case No. 6:18-CV-654-JDK-KNM

05-19-2020

DARRYL WADE VICTORIAN, Petitioner, v. TDCJ DIRECTOR, Respondent.

JEREMY D. KERNODLE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Petitioner Darryl Wade Victorian, an inmate proceeding pro se, filed the above-styled and numbered petition for writ of habeas corpus. The case was referred to United States Magistrate Judge K. Nicole Mitchell pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636. On April 9, 2020, the Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation (Docket No. 19) recommending that the petition be dismissed with prejudice as barred by the statute of limitations and lacking in merit. Id. at 7.

Petitioner did not file formal objections but instead filed a motion for certificate of appealability, which the Court construes as objections. Docket No. 21. Petitioner argues that the parole revocation laws in effect at the time of his conviction should have applied to his revocation. Id. at 1. However, as the Magistrate Judge properly concluded, under Texas law, eligibility for street time credit is controlled by the statute in effect at the time of the parole revocation. See, e.g., Rhodes v. Thaler, 713 F.3d 264, 267 (5th Cir. 2013); Ex parte Hernandez, 275 S.W.3d 895, 897 (Tex. Crim. App. 2009). Petitioner also disputes Respondent's argument that his petition is moot, but the Magistrate Judge did not recommend dismissal based upon mootness. Docket No. 19 at 2. Petitioner's objections therefore fail.

Having made a de novo review of the objections raised by Petitioner to the Magistrate Judge's Report, the Court is of the opinion that the findings and conclusions of the Magistrate Judge are correct and Petitioner's objections are without merit. The Court therefore adopts the findings and conclusions of the Magistrate Judge as the findings and conclusions of the Court.

Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (Docket No. 19) be ADOPTED. It is further

ORDERED that the above-styled application for the writ of habeas corpus is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE as lacking in merit and barred by the statute of limitations. Petitioner is DENIED a certificate of appealability sua sponte.

So ORDERED and SIGNED this 19th day of May, 2020.

/s/_________

JEREMY D. KERNODLE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE