Robert Sills v. Warden, FCI-Texarkana

Summary

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas adopted a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation in Robert Sills’s 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas corpus petition. The court dismissed the petition as moot, without prejudice to Sills seeking any available relief from the sentencing court.

Holdings

1. Because no objections were filed, the district court was not required to conduct de novo review and accepted the magistrate judge's findings and conclusions under the applicable clear-error, abuse-of-discretion, and contrary-to-law standard.
2. The petition for writ of habeas corpus was dismissed as moot.
3. Dismissal of the § 2241 petition does not prevent Sills from seeking relief to which he may be entitled from the sentencing court.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation should be adopted when no objections were filed.
2. Whether Sills's § 2241 habeas petition should be dismissed as moot.
3. Whether dismissal should preserve Sills's ability to seek relief from the sentencing court.

Disposition

dismissed