U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2024

Mark Boyd v. Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections

Mark Boyd v. Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Decided November 20, 2024

Mark Boyd v. Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections

Opinion

USCA11 Case: 24-12542 Document: 17-1 Date Filed: 11/20/2024 Page: 1 of 2

[DO NOT PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 24-12542 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________ MARK BRADLEY BOYD, Petitioner-Appellant, versus WHEELER CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, COMMISSIONER, GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,

Respondents-Appellees.

____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia USCA11 Case: 24-12542 Document: 17-1 Date Filed: 11/20/2024 Page: 2 of 2

2 Opinion of the Court 24-12542 D.C. Docket No. 3:24-cv-00067-TCB ____________________ Before JORDAN, NEWSOM, and LAGOA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: This appeal is DISMISSED, sua sponte, for lack of jurisdic- tion. Mark Boyd, proceeding pro se, appeals directly from the mag- istrate judge’s report and recommendation (“R&R”) that his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition be denied. However, the district court had not adopted the R&R or otherwise rendered it final when Boyd ap- pealed, and the district court’s later adoption cannot cure his prem- ature appeal. See 28 U.S.C. § 1291; Donovan v. Sarasota Concrete Co., 693 F.2d 1061, 1066-67 (11th Cir. 1982) (explaining that magistrate judge orders issued pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) are not final and may not be appealed until rendered final by a district court); Pe- rez-Priego v. Alachua Cnty. Clerk of Ct., 148 F.3d 1272, 1273 (11th Cir. 1998) (holding that a magistrate judge’s R&R that has not been adopted by the district court is not final and immediately appeala- ble).

No petition for rehearing may be filed unless it complies with the timing and other requirements of 11th Cir. R. 40-3 and all other applicable rules.

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