Jaquis Reed v. Sheriff Ward Calhoun

Summary

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi adopted a magistrate judge’s Report and Recommendation and dismissed Jaquis Reed’s habeas corpus case without prejudice for failure to prosecute and obey court orders. The court declined to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253.

Holdings

1. The habeas corpus case was properly dismissed without prejudice because the petitioner failed to prosecute the case and obey the court's orders.
2. A certificate of appealability should not issue because the petitioner failed to satisfy the standard requiring a showing that reasonable jurists would debate both the validity of a constitutional claim and the correctness of the procedural ruling.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the habeas corpus case should be dismissed without prejudice for the petitioner's failure to prosecute and obey the court's orders.
2. Whether a certificate of appealability should issue under 28 U.S.C. § 2253.

Disposition

dismissed