Settles v. Arkansas, State of

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS CENTRAL DIVISION QUINTON SETTLES! PETITIONER ADC #160480 Case No. 4:24-cv-00492-KGB ARKANSAS, STATE OF RESPONDENT ORDER The Court has reviewed the Recommended Disposition (“Recommendation”) submitted by United States Magistrate Judge Jerome T. Kearney (Dkt. No. 3). Neither party has objected to the Recommendation, and the time for doing so has passed. After careful consideration of the Recommendation, the Court concludes that the Recommendation should be, and hereby is, approved and adopted in its entirety as this Court’s findings in all respects (/d.).2 The Court dismisses petitioner Quinton Settles’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus (Dkt. No. 1) and denies a certificate of appealability. Settles has not made a substantial showing that he was denied a constitutional right. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). It is so ordered this Sth day of June, 2026. Pest G. Baker Chief United States District Judge

! The Clerk of the Court is instructed to update petitioner Quinton Settles’s address to the Arkansas Department of Corrections, Barbara Ester Unit, 7500 Corrections Circle, Pine Bluff, AR 71603, 2 The Court takes judicial notice that at the time Settles filed the instant petition for writ of habeas corpus he was also appealing his conviction for first-degree domestic battery, a Class D felony, to the Arkansas Court of Appeals. See Settles v. State of Arkansas, 2026 Ark. App. 119, 1, 2026 WL 517193 *1 (Ark. Ct. App. Feb. 25, 2026) (affirming conviction). Accordingly, Settles’s habeas petition would have been premature.