DANIEL P. JORDAN, III, District Judge.
This Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation [8] of Magistrate Judge F. Keith Ball. Judge Ball recommended granting Warden Johnny Crockett's Motion to Dismiss [7] Ronald Huitt's Petition as untimely. Huitt filed an Objection [11]; Crockett filed a Response [12]; and Huitt filed a Letter of Clarification [13]. The Court, having considered the record and the filings of the parties, finds that the Report and Recommendation [8] should be adopted, the Petition is untimely, and the case should be dismissed with prejudice.
In November 1997, a Lauderdale County grand jury indicted Huitt for armed robbery, but he was not arrested on the charge until September 2007. Mot. [7], Ex. J [7-10] at 1. Between 1997 and 2007, Huitt was incarcerated in Alabama on other felony charges. Huitt was extradited to Mississippi in September 2007 and entered a guilty plea on February 21, 2008. The Lauderdale County Circuit Court sentenced him to serve a term of ten years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), with 195 days to serve, nine years and 170 days suspended, and five years of post-release supervision. Id. at 2.
Following his release and return to Alabama, Huitt failed to report to his field officer, as required by the terms of his supervised release. Id. So, on October 10, 2012, the Lauderdale County Circuit Court entered an order revoking the post-release supervision (PRS) and sentenced Huitt to serve nine years and 170 days in the custody of MDOC. Id. Huitt is currently serving this sentence.
On March 4, 2013, Huitt filed a request for post-conviction relief in the Lauderdale County Circuit Court, which the court denied on August 27, 2013. R&R [8] at 2, 3.
On January 6, 2015, Huitt filed the instant federal petition for writ of habeas corpus. Pet. [1]. He raises four grounds for relief, all of which appear to take issue with his extradition from Alabama to Mississippi in 2007. Id. at 5 ("On Sept. 25, 2007 I was picked up by the Lauderdale County Deputies. There was no `Extradition Hearing' held."). As relief, he seeks release from MDOC. Id. at 15.
Respondent argued in its Motion to Dismiss that Huitt's Petition is untimely, and Judge Ball agreed. Both Respondent and Judge Ball construed the Petition as challenging Huitt's 2012 transfer from Alabama to Mississippi for failure to comply with the terms of his post-release supervision. Therefore, Judge Ball found that Huitt's Judgment of Revocation became final on October 10, 2012, and he had one-year, or until October 10, 2013, to file for federal habeas relief. R&R [8] at 1, 2; see 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d). Judge Ball appropriately tolled the limitations period for 177 days during the pendency of Huitt's first motion challenging the revocation extending the limitations period to April 7, 2014. R&R [8] at 3.
In his Objection [11] and Letter [13], Huitt insists that he is actually challenging the extradition from Alabama to Mississippi in September 2007.
In sum, Huitt's Petition is untimely whether he is challenging the 2007 extradition on the armed-robbery charges, his guilty plea and judgment on the armed-robbery charges in 2008, the 2012 extradition on the supervised-release violation, or the 2012 Revocation Order.
Based on the foregoing, the Court finds that the Report and Recommendation [8] of Magistrate Judge F. Keith Ball should be adopted as the opinion of the Court. This Petition is dismissed with prejudice.
A separate judgment will be entered in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 58.