Opinion
Civil Action No. 2:12 - 213
01-29-2013
JULIUS J. CLARK, Petitioner, v. JOSEPH F. MAZURKIEWICZ; ET AL., Respondents.
District Judge Nora Barry Fischer
MEMORANDUM ORDER
On February 22, 2012, the above captioned case was initiated by the filing of a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (ECF No. 1) and was referred to a united states magistrate judge for pretrial proceedings in accordance with the Magistrate Judges Act, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), and the Local Rules of Court for Magistrate Judges.
The magistrate judge filed a Report and Recommendation on January 3, 2013 (ECF No. 20) recommending that the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus be denied and that a certificate of appealability be denied. Petitioner was served with the Report and Recommendation at his listed address and was advised that he had January 24, 2013 to file written objections to the Report and Recommendation. No objections have been filed.
After de novo review of the pleadings and documents in the case, together with the Report and Recommendation, the following order is entered:
AND NOW, this 29th day of January, 2013:
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is DENIED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a certificate of appealability is DENIED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 20) is ADOPTED as the Opinion of the Court.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court mark this case CLOSED.
By the Court:
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Nora Barry Fischer
United States District Judge
cc/ecf: Counsel of Record
Julius J. Clark
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SCI Greensburg
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Greensburg, PA 15601-9103