Rodarte v. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circut et al, No. 4:2014cv01009 - Document 5 (N.D. Tex. 2014)
Court Description: Memorandum Opinion and Order: The court ORDERS petitioner's petition for a writ of habeas corpus be, and is hereby, dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. For the reasons discussed herein, the court further ORDERS that a certificate of appealability be, and is hereby, denied. (Ordered by Judge John McBryde on 12/18/2014) (mem)
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Rodarte v. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circut et al Doc. 5 NO.:.;;.TliERN lHSTRlCT Of TEXAS F TLE·D·' jt By ____ § Petitioner, I 8 2014 I .. J CLERK, U.S. DISTRiCT COURT § JOHN E. RODARTE SR., . ..J ji IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRI T C09RT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT F TE1S DEC FORT WORTH DIVISION . _ § § v. No. 4:14-CV-1009-A § § UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS, FIFTH CIRCUIT, WILLIAM DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, § § § § . § ,·' § Respondents. § MEMORANDUM OPINION and .ORDER The clerk of court opened and docketed upetitioner's Complaint and Notice Thereof," as a purported petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 u.s.c. § 2254 filed by petitioner John E. Rodarte Sr., a state prisoner, against the named respondents. After having considered the petition and the relief sought by petitioner, the court has concluded that the petition should be summarily dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. I. Discussion On September 3, 2004, in Bexar County, Texas, cause no. 2003CR6651, petitioner was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child and sentenced to life and Dockets.Justia.com twenty years' imprisonment, respectively. See the TDCJ website, "Offender Information Details," at http://offender.tdcj.state.tx. us. Petitioner sought federal habeas relief from his conviction(s) in the San Antonio Division of the United States District Court for Southern District, where the convicting court is located, on at least two occasions, most recently in Rodarte v. Stephens, Civil Action No. 5:13-CV-1126-HLH, wherein the petition was dismissed as a second or successive See 28 U.S.C. § § 2254 petition. By way of this action, Petitioner appears to challenge the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals's denial of a certificate of appealability and/or the United States Supreme Court's dismissal of his writ of certiorari as untimely in that action. Pet. 1-2, ECF No. 1. This court has the duty to assure that it has jurisdiction over the matters before it. See Burge v .. Parish of St. Tammany, 187 F.3d 452, 465-66 (5th Cir. 1999); MCG, Inc. v. Great W. Energy Corp., 896 F.2d 170, 173 (5th Cir. 1990). challenges Petitioner issued by the Fifth Circuit and/or the United States Supreme Court in another federal habeas proceeding. Rodarte v. Stephens, Civil Action No. 5:13-CV-1126-HLH. This court has no authority to review the decisions of the courts in that action. 2 For the reasons discussed herein, The court ORDERS petitioner's petition for a writ of habeas corpus be, and is hereby, dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. For the reasons discussed herein, the court further ORDERS that a certificate of appealability be, and is hereby, denied. SIGNED December l g 1 2014 • 3
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