Darrell Bernard Billingslea v. Director, TDCJ-CID

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS DALLAS DIVISION DARRELL BERNARD BILLINGSLEA, § § Petitioner, § § v. § No. 3:25-CV-01557-X-BT § DIRECTOR, TDCJ-CID, § § Respondent. § ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE The United States Magistrate Judge made findings, conclusions, and a recommendation in this case. (Doc. 24). No objections were filed. The District Court reviewed the proposed findings, conclusions, and recommendation for plain error. Finding none, the Court ACCEPTS the Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge. By separate judgment, the petitioner’s case will be DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE as barred by the Fifth Circuit’s sanction order in In re Billingslea, No. 23-10812 (5th Cir. Sep. 28, 2023). Considering the record in this case, the Court DENIES a certificate of appealability. The Court adopts and incorporates by reference the Magistrate Judge’s Findings, Conclusions and Recommendation filed in this case in support of its finding that the Movant has failed to show (1) that reasonable jurists would find this Court’s “assessment of the constitutional claims debatable or wrong,” or (2) that reasonable jurists would find it “debatable whether the [motion] states a valid claim of the denial of a constitutional right” and “debatable whether [this Court] was correct in its procedural ruling.”! SO ORDERED this this 20th day of May 2026.

La STARR UNITED’STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

1 Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000).