John H. Rains IV
How Judge Rains decides
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Procedural preferences
Denies a habeas petitioner's collateral summary-judgment motions as moot once the underlying 2255 motion is resolved.
“Petitioner's motions for summary judgment, Dkt. Nos. [103, 105], are DENIED AS MOOT”
Cautions
Denies a 28 U.S.C. 2255 motion to vacate on the magistrate's recommendation and declines to issue a certificate of appealability.
“the Court ADOPTS the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, Dkt. No. [109], as the opinion of the Court: Respondent's motion to dismiss, Dkt. No. [91], is GRANTED; Petitioner's motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence under 28 U.S.C. Section 2255, Dkt. No. [89], is DENIED; ... and no certificate of appealability shall issue.”
Signed rulings
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“the Court ADOPTS the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, Dkt. No. [109], as the opinion of the Court: Respondent's motion to dismiss, Dkt. No. [91], is GRANTED; Petitioner's motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence under 28 U.S.C. Section 2255, Dkt. No. [89], is DENIED; ... and no certificate of appealability shall issue.”
“Petitioner's motions for summary judgment, Dkt. Nos. [103, 105], are DENIED AS MOOT”
“After considering the Final Report and Recommendation [Doc. 139], the Court receives the R&R with approval and adopts its findings and legal conclusions as the Order of this Court. Accordingly, Movant Julio Martinez-Guzman's Section 2255 Motion [Doc. 127] is DENIED. Further, a certificate of appealability is DENIED.”
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