IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS CENTRAL DIVISION DERIC C. SMITH, SR. PETITIONER ADC #179678

No. 4:23-cv-1111-DPM

DEXTER PAYNE, Director, Arkansas Department of Corrections RESPONDENT

ORDER Unopposed recommendation, Doc. 3, adopted. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b) (1983 addition to advisory committee notes). | Smith’s § 2254 petition, Doc. 1, will be dismissed without prejudice. The Court denies a certificate of appealability.

; Miller-El v. Cockrell,

(2003). So Ordered. stoll D.P. Marshall Jr. United States District Judge

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