Gordon v. Director, TDCJ
Gordon v. Director, TDCJ
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS No. 6:22-cv-00419 Jeffery Wade Gordon, Petitioner, v. Director, TDCJ, Respondent.
ORDER This habeas corpus action, which represents the consolidation of two separate petitions filed by petitioner, was referred to United States Magistrate Judge K. Nicole Mitchell pursuant to
28 U.S.C. § 636(b). On September 3, 2024, the magistrate judge is- sued a report recommending that the petition be dismissed as un- timely and that a certificate of appealability be denied. Doc. 35. The magistrate judge further recommended that the statute of limitations be tolled for 60 days on a potential civil-rights claim referenced in the petition. Jd. at 8. Petitioner did not file written objections. When no party objects to the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation, the court reviews it only for clear error. See Douglass United Servs. Auto. Ass’n,
79 F.3d 1415, 1420(5th Cir. 1996). Having reviewed the magistrate judge’s report, and being satisfied that it contains no clear error, the court accepts its find- ings and recommendation. The petition is dismissed with preju- dice as to the habeas claims but without prejudice as to any poten- tial civil-rights claims. Any motions that may be pending are de- nied as moot. To the extent that the limitations period applicable to petitioner’s potential civil-rights claim set forth in ground two of his amended petition had not expired before that petition was filed, the civil-rights limitations period for that claim is tolled for 60 days from entry of this order.
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The clerk of court shall enter a copy of this order in the companion case, Gordon ». Lumpkin, No. 6:22-cv-00441 (E.D. Tex. Nov. 17, 2022). So ordered by the court on December 17, 2024.
J. “CAMPBELL BARKER United States District Judge
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