Colton v. Shannon

Full title: ANDRE COLTON, Petitioner, v. ROBERT SHANNON, et al., Respondents

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

Date published: Jun 4, 2007

Civil Action No. 07-282 (W.D. Pa. Jun. 4, 2007)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 07-282.

June 4, 2007

ORDER

GARY LANCASTER, District Judge

AND NOW, this 4^th day of June, 2007, after the petitioner, Andre Colton, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, and after a Report and Recommendation was filed by the United States Magistrate Judge granting the parties thirteen days after being served with a copy to file written objections thereto, and upon consideration of the response to the answer filed by petitioner, treated in the nature of objections, and upon independent review of the petition and the record and upon consideration of the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation (Docket No. 14), which is adopted as the opinion of this Court,

IT IS ORDERED that the petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by the petitioner (Docket No. 1) is dismissed and a certificate of appealability is denied for lack of a viable constitutional issue.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that pursuant to Rule 4(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure if the petitioner desires to appeal from this Order he must do so within thirty (30) days by filing a notice of appeal as provided in Rule 3, Fed.R.App.P.