Cooley v. Williams

Full title: ROMEO COOLEY, Petitioner, v. DENEEN M. WILLIAMS, et al., Respondents

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

Date published: Mar 6, 2007

Civil Action No. 07-14 Erie (W.D. Pa. Mar. 6, 2007)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 07-14 Erie.

March 6, 2007

MEMORANDUM ORDER

SEAN McLAUGHLIN, District Judge

This petition for writ of habeas corpus was received by the Clerk of Court on January 30, 2007 and was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Susan Paradise Baxter for 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 February 6, 2007, recommended that this action be dismissed in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The parties were allowed ten (10) days from the date of service to file objections. Service was made on Petitioner by certified mail at SCI Albion, where he is incarcerated. Petitioner has filed no objections to Magistrate Judge Baxter's Report and Recommendation. After de novo review of the petition and documents in the case, together with the Report and Recommendation, the following order is entered:

AND NOW, this 6^th day of March, 2007;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is DISMISSED in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

The Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Baxter, filed on February 6, 2007, is adopted as the opinion of the Court.