DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. CROIX 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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MERAL SMITH, 
 
 
 
 
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Petitioner, 
 
 
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v. 
 
 
 
 
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Civil Action No. 2015-0078 
RICK MULGRAVE, Director of the Virgin 
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Islands Bureau of Corrections, 
 
 
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Respondent.  
 
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Appearances: 
Meral Smith, Pro Se 
 
ORDER 
 
 
UPON CONSIDERATION of Petitioner Meral Smith’s (“Smith”) “Petition for Writ of 
Habeas Corpus” (“Petition”) (Dkt. No. 1); Magistrate Judge George W. Cannon Jr.’s Report and 
Recommendation (“R&R”) (Dkt. No. 21); and for the reasons set forth in the accompanying 
Memorandum Opinion filed contemporaneously herewith; it is hereby  
ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Cannon’s R&R (Dkt. No. 21) is ACCEPTED as 
modified in the Memorandum Opinion; and it is further 
ORDERED that Smith’s “Petition for the Writ of Habeas Corpus” (Dkt. No. 1) is 
DENIED; and it is further  
ORDERED that the Court DECLINES to issue a Certificate of Appealability for failure 
to satisfy the standard set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2); and it is further 
ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall provide a copy of this Order and its 
accompanying Memorandum Opinion to Smith by certified mail, return receipt requested; and it 
is further 
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ORDERED that the Clerk of Court is directed to mark the case CLOSED. 
SO ORDERED. 
Date: January 24, 2020 
 
 
 
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WILMA A. LEWIS 
Chief Judge 
 
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