Joshua Wade Bullock v. Paul Schnell, Commissioner of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA

Joshua Wade Bullock, Civ. No. 25-4195 (JWB/JFD)

Petitioner, v. ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF Paul Schnell, Commissioner of MAGISTRATE JUDGE Corrections, Respondent.

Joshua Wade Bullock, pro se Plaintiff.

Lisa Lodin, Esq., and Thomas R. Ragatz, Esq., Office of the Minnesota Attorney General; Nicholas Kimball, Esq., Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, counsel for Respondent.

United States Magistrate Judge John F. Docherty issued a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) on December 18, 2025. (Doc. No. 11.) No objections have been filed to that R&R in the time permitted. Absent timely objections, the R&R is reviewed for clear error. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b); Grinder v. Gammon, 73 F.3d 793, 795 (8th Cir. 1996). Having reviewed the R&R, no clear error is found.

Based on the R&R of the Magistrate Judge, and on all the files, records, and proceedings in this case, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 1. The December 18, 2025 Report and Recommendation (Doc. No. 11) is ACCEPTED.

2. Petitioner Joshua Wade Bullock’s Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Doc. No. 1) is DENIED.

3. Petitioner Bullock’s Application to Proceed in District Court without Prepaying Fees or Costs (Doc. No. 2) and Motion to Vacate Conditional Release Period (Doc. No. 3) are DENIED as moot.

4. This action is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

5. No certificate of appealability is issued.

LET JUDGMENT BE ENTERED ACCORDINGLY.

Date: March 18, 2026 s/ Jerry W. Blackwell JERRY W. BLACKWELL United States District Judge