Opinion
2:19-cv-04339
07-22-2022
JAMAL ALI, Petitioner, v. MICHAEL CLARK, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF THE COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, and ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondents.
ORDER
JOSEPH F. LEESON, JR. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
AND NOW, this 22nd day of July, 2022, upon consideration of Petitioner's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, ECF No. 1; the various responses and replies thereto; Petitioner's Motions for Discovery, ECF Nos. 12 and 17; Petitioner's Motion to Amend, ECF No. 11; the Report and Recommendation issued by Magistrate Judge Elizabeth T. Hey on July 7, 2022, ECF No. 24; in the absence of objections to the Report and Recommendation; and for the reasons set forth in the Report and Recommendation, IT IS ORDERED THAT:
1. The Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 24, is APPROVED and ADOPTED.
2. Petitioner's Motion to Amend, ECF No. 11, is GRANTED.
3. The Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, ECF No. 1, is STAYED and held in ABEYANCE. The matter is placed in SUSPENSE.
4. Petitioner shall notify this Court within thirty (30) days following the conclusion of his state court proceedings. If Petitioner does not timely inform this Court of the conclusion of his state court proceedings, this stay and abeyance order will be vacated, and his petition will be dismissed without prejudice.
5. Petitioner's Motions for Discovery, ECF Nos. 12 and 17, are DENIED.