Blank v. Vannoy

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA DANIEL JOSEPH BLANK (#416437) CIVIL ACTION VERSUS DARREL VANNOY NO. 16-00366-BAJ-RLB RULING AND ORDER This is a death penalty case. Presently before the Court is the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation (Doc. 78, the “R&R”), addressing procedural objections submitted by Respondent Darrel Vannoy, Warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary (hereinafter, the “State”). The R&R recommends that certain of the State’s procedural objections be overruled, and that others be sustained. The R&R also raises a sua sponte procedural…