Opinion
Civil Action 19-3689
05-16-2022
ORDER
CHAD F. KENNEY, DISTRICT JUDGE.
AND NOW, this 16th day of May, 2022, upon careful and independent consideration of the petition, response, and available state court records, and after review of the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge David R. Strawbridge, it is hereby ORDERED that:
1. The Report and Recommendation is APPROVED and ADOPTED;
2. The petition for a writ of habeas corpus is DENIED AND DISMISSED;
3. A certificate of appealability SHALL NOT issue, in that the Petitioner has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right nor demonstrated that reasonable jurists would debate the correctness of the procedural aspects of this ruling. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); and
4. The Clerk of the Court shall mark this case CLOSED for statistical purposes.