UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT October 25, 2023 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS Nathan Ochsner, Clerk MCALLEN DIVISION

RICHARD BUZO § (TDCJ #02231583), § § Petitioner, § § VS. § CIVIL ACTION NO. 7:23-CV-00039 § BOBBY LUMPKIN, DIRECTOR, § TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF § CRIMINAL JUSTICE, § CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS § DIVISON, § § Respondent. §

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION Pending before the Court is Petitioner Richard Buzo’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Pursuant to

, which had been referred to the Magistrate Court for a report and recommendation. On October 2, 2023, the Magistrate Court issued the Report and Recommendation, recommending that Petitioner’s § 2254 habeas petition be denied, that Petitioner be denied a certificate of appealability, and that this action be dismissed. The time for filing objections has passed and no objections have been filed. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b), the Court has reviewed the Report and Recommendation for clear error.1 Finding no clear error, the Court adopts the Report and Recommendation in its entirety. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that Petitioner’s Petition

1 As noted by the Fifth Circuit, “[t]he advisory committee’s note to Rule 72(b) states that, ‘[w]hen no timely objection is filed, the [district] court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation.’” Douglas v. United Servs. Auto. Ass’n,

(5th Cir. 1996) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b) advisory committee’s note (1983)) superseded by statute on other grounds by

(b)(1), as stated in ACS Recovery Servs., Inc. v. Griffin, No. 11-40446,

, at *7 n.5 (5th Cir. Apr. 2, 2012)). for Writ of Habeas Corpus Pursuant to § 2254 is DENIED, that Petitioner is denied a certificate of appealability, and that this action is hereby DISMISSED. IT IS SO ORDERED. DONE at McAllen, Texas, this 25th day of October 2023. □□ Wows Micaela Alv Senior United States District Judge