Legal Opinion
Coker v. Thaler
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided November 16, 2009No. Civil Action 3:03-CV-2146-NPublished
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
DAVID C. GODBEY, District Judge.
This Order addresses the objections to the Magistrate Judge’s Findings and Recommendation (“F & R”).
I. Respondent’s Objection
Respondent objects to the Magistrate Judge’s failure to conduct a hearing on Petitioner Coker’s claim for equitable estoppel, and instead dismissing on the merits. The F & R stated in pertinent part:
As part of his answer, respondent reurges his affirmative defense that petitioner’s claims are barred by the AED-PA statute of limitations. (See Resp. Ans. at 4-10). The court need not decide this procedural issue as petitioner is not…
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