UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS DALLAS DIVISION

GARY WAYNE WARNER, ) ID #861634, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) VS. ) CIVIL ACTION NO. ) DIRECTOR, Texas Department of ) 3:22-CV-2459-G -BH Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions ) Division, ) ) Respondent. ) ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE After reviewing all relevant matters of record in this case, including the Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge and any objections thereto, in accordance with

(b)(1), the court is of the opinion that the Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge are correct, and they are accepted as the Findings and Conclusions of the court. For the reasons stated in the Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge, the Petition for Federal Writ of Habeas Corpus

(a) & 2241(C)(3), received on May 24, 2022 (docket entry 1), is CONSTRUED as a successive petition for a writ of habeas corpus under

and will be TRANSFERRED to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit pursuant to Henderson v. Haro,

(Sth Cir. 2002), and In re Epps,

(Sth Cir. 1997), by separate judgment.” SO ORDERED. January 9, 2023. Ci of BX JL A. FISH Senior United States District Judge

, A certificate of appealability (COA) is not required to appeal an order transferring a successive habeas petition. See In re Garrett,

(Sth Cir. 2016) (per curiam); United States v. Fulton,

(Sth Cir.), cert. denied,

(2015). _2-