Williams v. Vannoy et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
ARTHUR WILLIAMS CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS NO. 25-575
DARRELL VANNOY, ET AL. SECTION: O (3)
O R D E R
Before the Court is the Report and Recommendation1 of the United States
Magistrate Judge in which it is recommended that Petitioner Arthur Williams’
application for a habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 be dismissed with prejudice.
Petitioner, pro se, has filed an objection2 to the Report and Recommendation.
Construing Petitioner’s “filings liberally because he is a pro se litigant,” Collins
v. Dall. Leadership Found., 77 F.4th 327, 330 (5th Cir. 2023) (citing Haines v. Kerner,
404 U.S. 519, 520–21 (1972)), the Court finds that Petitioner’s objection does not call
into question any aspect of the Magistrate Judge’s thorough Report and
Recommendation, which—applying the standards of review (provided by 28 U.S.C. §
2254(d), as amended by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act) and
applicable substantive law—assessed on the merits Petitioner’s claims for ineffective
assistance of counsel (due to counsel’s failure to request a sanity commission and
alleged failure to allow Petitioner to testify in his criminal trial) and vindictive
prosecution. Having conducted a de novo review of that Report and Recommendation
1 ECF No. 13.
2 ECF No. 14.
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in light of Petitioner’s objection, see 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), the Court overrules
Petitioner’s objection and adopts the Report and Recommendation.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that Arthur Williams’s objection to the Report and
Recommendation is OVERRULED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Magistrate Judge’s Report and
Recommendation is hereby ADOPTED in full.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Arthur Williams’s petition for issuance of
a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 is hereby DISMISSED
WITH PREJUDICE.
New Orleans, Louisiana, this 28th day of October, 2025.
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BRANDON S. LONG
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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