Battles v. Lumpkin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT September 29, 2021 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS Nathan Ochsner, Clerk VICTORIA DIVISION STEVE BATTLES, § § Petitioner, § § v. § Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00056 § BOBBY LUMPKIN, § § Respondent. § MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ACCEPTING MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION Pending before the Court is the Amended Memorandum and Recommendation (“M&R”) signed by Magistrate Judge Julie K. Hampton on September 23, 2020.1 (Dkt. No. 7). In the M&R, Magistrate Judge Hampton sua sponte recommends dismissal of Petitioner Steve Battles’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under the…