UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA HOWARD L. JACKSON (#104336) CIVIL ACTION VERSUS N. BURL CAIN, ET AL. NO.: 12-00767-BAJ-RLB RULING AND ORDER Before the Court is Petitioner Howard L. Jackson’s Petition Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody (Doc. 1). The Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation (Doc. 25),1 recommending that the Court deny Petitioner’s application for habeas corpus relief, and, further, that the Court deny Petitioner a certificate of appealability Petitioner filed timely objections to the Magistrate Judge’s Report. (Doc. 26). Having carefully considered Petitioner’s Petition (Doc. 1) and related filings_including Petitioner’s objections-the Court APPROVES the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation (Doc. 25) and ADOPTS it as the Court’s opinion in this matter. 1 On August 4, 2014, the Magistrate Judge issued an initial Report, which recommended that Petitioner’s application for habeas corpus relief be denied as untimely. (Doc. 22). Upon review of the materials produced by Petitioner in support of his objections to the Magistrate Judge’s initial Report, (Doc. 23), the Court was persuaded that “rare and exceptional circumstances" entitled Petitioner to equitable tolling and thus declined to adopt the Magistrate Judge’s initial Report, (Doc. 24). The Court referred the Petition back to the Magistrate Judge for further analysis, the product of which is the instant Magistrate Judge’s Report_. issued November 17, 2014. 1 Accordingly, for the reasons explained in the Magistrate Judge’s Report, IT IS ORDERED that Petitioner’s §2254 Petition (Doc. 1) is DENIED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a certificate of appealability is DENIED because Petitioner has failed to “ma[ke] a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(0)(2). Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this j§'é'day of December, 2014. era.s,@m BRIAN A. JAC`KsoN, CHIEF JUDGE UNITED sTATEs DISTRICT coURT MIDI)LE DISTRICT 0F LoUIsIANA