Donetta W. Ambrose

District Judge Donetta W. Ambrose

Chief Magistrate Judge Lisa Pupo Lenihan

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

This case is before the Court on Petitioner's Motion for Relief from Judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) (ECF No. 77) and his Application for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 75). The magistrate judge issued a Report and Recommendation on March 4, 2013, recommending that the Rule 60(b) Motion be denied and that the application to proceed in forma pauperis be dismissed as moot. (ECF No. 82.) The parties were served with the Report and Recommendation and informed that they had until July 2, 2013, to file written objections. Petitioner filed timely Objections on June 19, 2013. Upon review, the Court finds that Petitioner's Objections do not undermine the recommendation of the magistrate judge. Therefore, after de novo review of the pleadings and documents in the case, together with the Report and Recommendation, and Objections thereto, the following order is entered.

AND NOW this 15th day of July, 2013,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Petitioner's Motion for Relief from Judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) (ECF No. 77) is DENIED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner's Application for Leave to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 75) is DISMISSED as moot. Petitioner already paid the five dollar filing fee in this case on September 15, 2005. (ECF No. 3.) If Petitioner desires to appeal, then he should seek permission to proceed in forma pauperis from the Circuit Court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a certificate of appealability is DENIED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation dated March 4, 2013 (ECF No. 82), is ADOPTED as the Opinion of this Court.

AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that pursuant to Rule 4(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, Petitioner has thirty (30) days to file a notice of appeal as provided by Rule 3 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.

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Donetta W. Ambrose

Sr. U.S. Dist. Judge
cc: Steven Wayne Bender

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