Morales v. Rardin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
Vidal Licea Morales
Petitioner,
v.
Jared Rardin,
Respondent.
Civ. No. 24-4635 (JWB/JFD)
ORDER ACCEPTING
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Vidal Licea Morales, pro se Petitioner.
Ana H. Voss, Esq., and Trevor Brown, Esq., United States Attorney’s Office, counsel for
Respondent.
United States Magistrate Judge John F. Docherty issued a Report and
Recommendation (“R&R”) on December 5, 2025. (Doc. No. 15.) No objections have
been filed to that R&R in the time permitted. Absent timely objections, the R&R is
reviewed for clear error. See Fed R. Civ. P. 72(b); Grinder v. Gammon, 73 F.3d 793, 795
(8th Cir. 1996). Having reviewed the R&R, no clear error is found.
Based on the R&R of the Magistrate Judge, and on all the files, records, and
proceedings in this case, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. 	The December 5, 2025 Report and Recommendation (Doc. No. 15) is
ACCEPTED; and
2. 	Petitioner Vidal Licea Morales’s Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus under
28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Doc. No. 1) is DENIED.
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LET JUDGMENT BE ENTERED ACCORDINGLY.
Date: January 9, 2026 	s/ Jerry W. Blackwell
JERRY W. BLACKWELL
United States District Judge
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