Joseph v. Warden ( 2022 )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA RANELL JOSEPH CIVIL ACTION VERSUS NO. 20-3357 WARDEN SECTION “R” (1) ORDER Plaintiff Ranell Joseph brings this action for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254.1 On January 18, 2022, Magistrate Judge Janis van Meerveld issued a Report & Recommendation (“R&R”), recommending that plaintiff’s petition for habeas relief be dismissed with prejudice as untimely.2 No party objected to the R&R. Therefore, the Court reviews the R&R for clear error. Douglass v. United Servs. Auto. Ass’n, 79 F.3d 1415, 1430 (5th Cir. 1996); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b) advisory committee’s note (1983) (“When no timely objection is filed, the court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation.”). The Court finds no clear error. 1 R. Doc. 1. 2 R. Doc. 20. Accordingly, the Court adopts Magistrate Judge van Meerveld’s R&R as its opinion. Plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus3 is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. New Orleans, Louisiana, this _!4th day of February, 2022. dernk Varese. SARAH S. VANCE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 3 R. Doc. 1.