Bledsoe v. Beard

Full title: REGINALD BLEDSOE, Petitioner, v. JEFFERY BEARD, et al., Respondents

Court: United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania

Date published: Jan 20, 2006

Civil Action No. 04-1475 (W.D. Pa. Jan. 20, 2006)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 04-1475.

January 20, 2006

MEMORANDUM ORDER

GARY LANCASTER, District Judge

Reginald Bledsoe's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus was received by the Clerk of Court on September 24, 2004, and was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Francis X. Caiazza for a Report and Recommendation in accordance with the Magistrates Act, 28 U.S.C. § 636 (b) (1), and Rules 72.1.3 and 72.1.4 of the Local Rules for Magistrates.

The magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation, filed on December 9, 2005, recommended that the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by Reginald Bledsoe should be denied and that a certificate of appealability should be denied. The parties were allowed ten (10) days from the date of service to file objections. Service was made on the Petitioner by First Class United States Mail and on the Respondents. Objections were filed by the Petitioner on January 19, 2006. After de novo review of the pleadings and documents in the case, together with the Report and Recommendation and the objections thereto, the following order is entered:

AND NOW, this 19^th day of January, 2006;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by Reginald Bledsoe is denied and it is ORDERED that a certificate of appealability is denied.

The Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Caiazza, dated December 9, 2005, is adopted as the opinion of the court.