Opinion
Case Number: 1:13cv534
09-22-2014
Demecus Hughes, Petitioner(s), v. Warden, Warren Correctional Institution, Respondent(s).
ORDER
This matter is before the Court pursuant to the Order of General Reference in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Western Division to United States Magistrate Judge Stephanie K. Bowman. Pursuant to such reference, the Magistrate Judge reviewed the pleadings and filed with this Court on May 30, 2014 a Report and Recommendation (Doc. 17). Subsequently, the petitioner filed objections to such Report and Recommendation (Doc. 21).
The Court has reviewed the comprehensive findings of the Magistrate Judge and considered de novo all of the filings in this matter. Upon consideration of the foregoing, the Court does determine that such Recommendation should be adopted.
Accordingly, respondent's motion to dismiss (Doc. 9) is GRANTED and petitioner's petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Doc. 1) is DISMISSED with prejudice.
A certificate of appealability will not issue in this case since "jurists of reason" will not find it debatable whether petitioner's sole ground for relief "should have been resolved in a different matter" or that the issues presented therein are "adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further." See Slack, 529 U.S. at 483084 (quoting Barefoot v. Estelle, 463 U.S. 880, 893 & n.4 (1983)); see also 28 U.S.C. § 2253 ( c ); Fed R. App.P.22(b).
With respect to any application by petitioner to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis, the Court will certify pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1915(a)(3) that an appeal of any Order adopting the Report and Recommendation will not be taken in "good faith," and therefore DENY petitioner leave to appeal in forma pauperis upon a showing of financial necessity. See Fed. R. App. P. 24(a); Kincade v. Sparkman, 117 F.3d 949, 952 (6th Cir. 1997).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Susan J. Dlott
Chief Judge Susan J. Dlott
United States District Court