Opinion
Case No. 1:14-cv-20
04-01-2015
KENNETH PRUITT, Petitioner, v. OHIO ADULT PAROLE AUTHORITY, Respondent.
Magistrate Judge J. Gregory Wehrman
DECISION AND ENTRY ADOPTING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE (Doc. 15)
This habeas corpus case 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 J. Gregory Wehrman. Pursuant to such reference, the Magistrate Judge reviewed the pleadings filed with this Court, and, on March 12, 2015, submitted a Report and Recommendations. (Doc. 15). Petitioner did not file Objections.
As required by 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b), 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 Reports and Recommendations should be and is hereby adopted in its entirety.
Accordingly:
1. The Report and Recommendations of the Magistrate Judge (Doc. 15) is ADOPTED in its entirety;
2. Petitioner's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. 1) is DISMISSED with prejudice;
3. Any request for a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) is DENIED;
4. The Court CERTIFIES that any appeal of this Order would be objectively frivolous, and therefore DENIES Petitioner leave to appeal in forma pauperis. He remains free, however, to apply to proceed in forma pauperis in the Court of Appeals; and
5. The Clerk is DIRECTED to enter judgment accordingly, whereupon this case is TERMINATED on the Court's docket.
IT IS SO ORDERED. Date: 4/1/15
/s/_________
Timothy S. Black
United States District Judge