Tucker v. Crow

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION RENARD L TUCKER, ] ] Petitioner, ] ] v. ] Case No. 2:24-cv-00943-ACA- ] HNJ JOHN CROW, et al., ] ] Respondents. ] MEMORANDUM OPINION Pro se Petitioner Renard L. Tucker filed a habeas petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. 4). In July 2025, the magistrate judge entered a report recommending that the court deny Mr. Tucker’s petition because it is untimely (doc. 17 at 5–11), and deny Mr. Tucker a certificate of appealability for failing to “ma[k]e a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional…