Opinion
Case Number: 1:13cv761
06-23-2015
Quran Richardson, Petitioner(s), v. Warden, Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, 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 March 24, 2015 a Report and Recommendation (Doc. 8). Subsequently, the petitioner filed objections to such Report and Recommendation and respondent filed a response to the objections (Doc. 14).
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, petitioner's petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §2254 (Doc. 1) is DENIED with prejudice.
A certificate of appealability will not issue with respect to the claims alleged in the petition, which this Court has concluded are waived and thus procedurally barred from review, because under the first prong of the applicable two-part standard enunciated in Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484-85 (2000), "jurists of reason" will not find it debatable whether this Court is correct in its procedural ruling. In addition, a certificate of appealability will not issue with respect to the claims addressed on the merits herein in the absence of a substantial showing that petitioner has stated a "viable claim of the denial of a constitutional right" or that the issues presented are "adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further." See Slack, 529 U.S. at 475 (citing Barefoot v. Esteele, 463 U.S. 880, 893 & n.4 (1983)); see also 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, will 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
Judge Susan J. Dlott
United States District Court