Pace v. USA, No. 3:2020cv03310 - Document 16 (N.D. Tex. 2022)

Court Description: Order Accepting 15 Findings and Recommendations and Denying Certificate of Appealability. Movant must pay the $505.00 appellate filing fee or submit a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. (Ordered by Senior Judge Sidney A Fitzwater on 5/25/2022) (ndt)

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Pace v. USA Doc. 16 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS DALLAS DIVISION MICHELLE MARIE PACE, Movant, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent. § § § § § § § Case No. 3:20-CV-3310-D (Criminal No. 3:18-CR-6-D-48) ORDER The court has taken under consideration the findings, conclusions, and recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge. Movant did not file objections. The undersigned district judge has reviewed the findings, conclusions, and recommendation for clear error and has found none. Accordingly, it is ordered that the findings, conclusions, and recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge are adopted. Considering the record in this case and pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 22(b), Rule 11(a) of the Rules Governing §§ 2254 and 2255 proceedings, and 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c), the court denies a certificate of appealability. The court adopts and incorporates by reference the magistrate judge’s findings, conclusions, and recommendation filed in this case in support of its finding that the movant has failed to show (1) that reasonable jurists would find this court’s “assessment of the constitutional claims debatable or wrong,” or (2) that reasonable jurists would find “it debatable whether the petition states a valid claim of the denial of a constitutional right” and “debatable whether [this court] was correct in its procedural ruling.” Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S.473, 484 (2000). Dockets.Justia.com If movant files a notice of appeal, ( ) movant may proceed in forma pauperis on appeal. (X) movant must pay the $505.00 appellate filing fee or submit a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. SO ORDERED. May 25, 2022. _________________________________ SIDNEY A. FITZWATER SENIOR JUDGE

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