UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION

DEMITRIUS WAYNE ) ALEXANDER, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2:22-cv-882-LCB-SGC ) WARDEN CALLOWAY, et al., ) ) Respondents. )

ORDER

Demitrius Wayne Alexander brings this suit seeking a writ of habeas corpus under

. (Doc. 1 at 1). In his petition, Alexander challenges his 2014 murder conviction and his accompanying 99-year sentence imposed by the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama.

On July 27, 2022, United States Magistrate Judge Staci G. Cornelius recommended that Alexander’s petition be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. (Doc. 4 at 2). Judge Cornelius reasoned that: (1) Alexander previously filed a § 2254 petition challenging his 2014 murder conviction; (2) his previous petition was denied;1 and (3) he has failed to obtain circuit-court authorization to file a successive § 2254 petition under

(b)(3)(A).

at 1–2. Alexander has filed no objection to Judge Cornelius’s recommendation.

1 Alexander v. Headley, No. 2:19-cv-00930-RDP-SGC,

, at *3 (N.D. Ala. Mar. 12, 2020). Having conducted a de novo review of the entire record, the Court ADOPTS Judge Cornelius’s recommendation (Doc. 4); DISMISSES Alexander’s instant § 2254 petition (Doc. 1) without prejudice under § 2244(b)(3)(A); DENIES Alexander’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (Doc. 2) as moot; and DIRECTS the Clerk of Court to close this case. DONE and ORDERED August 19, 2022.

□ SZ Sha LILES C. BURKE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE