Wylie v. State of Montana et al, No. 2:2015cv00043 - Document 4 (D. Mont. 2015)

Court Description: ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 3 in full. Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus 1 is DISMISSED. A certificate of appealability is DENIED. Signed by Judge Dana L. Christensen on 12/18/2015. Mailed to Wylie. (TAG, )

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Wylie v. State of Montana et al Doc. 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA BUTTE DIVISION FILED DEC f 8 2015 Cler!<, l:J.S. District Court District Of Montana Missoula CV 15--43-BU-DLC-JCL HEATHER ERIN WYLIE, Petitioner, ORDER vs. STATE OF MONTANA, BUTTESILVERBOW COUNTY, LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY, MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, MONTANA WOMEN'S PRISON, Respondents. United States Magistrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch entered his Order, Findings and Recommendations on August 31, 2015, granting Petitioner Heather Erin Wylie's ("Wylie") Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis and recommending dismissing her Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Wylie failed to timely object to the findings and recommendations, and so waived the right to de novo review of the record. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l)(C). This Court reviews for clear error those findings and recommendations to which no party objects. See McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Commodore Bus. Mach., Inc., 656 F.2d 1309, 1313 (9th Cir. 1981); Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149 (1985). Clear error exists if the Court is left -1- Dockets.Justia.com with a "definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed." United States v. Syrax, 235 F.3d 422, 427 (9th Cir. 2000) (citations omitted). Having reviewed the Findings and Recommendations, the Court finds no clear error in Judge Lynch's conclusion that: (1) claims II, III, VII(A), and X fail to allege any constitutional violation and fail to state a federal basis; (2) claims XII, XIII, VI, and XVI(B) are not cognizable under 28 U.S.C. § 2254; (3) claims I, IV, V(A), V(B), V(C), V(D), VII(B), VIII, IX, XI, XIV, XV and XVI(A) are barred as second or successive. There being no clear error in Judge Judge Lynch's Findings and Recommendations, IT IS ORDERED that: (1) Judge Lynch's Findings and Recommendations (Doc. 3) are ADOPTED IN FULL. (2) Wylie's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. 1) is DISMISSED. (3) The Clerk of Court is directed to enter, by separate document, a judgment of dismissal. ( 4) A certificate of appealability is DENIED. -2- Dated this JfL day of December, Dana L. Christensen, Chief Judge United States District Court -3-

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