Opinion
Civil Action No. 11-918
12-20-2011
LEWIS FAULK, Petitioner, v. MARIROSA LAMAS, Superintendent, et al., Respondents.
ORDER
AND NOW, this 20th day of December, 2011, after the petitioner, Lewis Faulk, 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 a period of time after being served with a copy to file written objections thereto, and upon consideration of the objections filed by petitioner, and upon independent review of the petition and the record and upon consideration of the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation (Docket No. 25), which is adopted as the opinion of this Court,
IT IS ORDERED that the petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by petitioner Lewis Faulk (Docket No. 2) is dismissed and, because reasonable jurists could not conclude that a basis for appeal exists, and a certificate of appealability is denied.
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.
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Terrence F. McVerry
United States District Judge
cc: Lewis Faulk
GH-7035
SCI Rockview
Box A
Bellefonte, PA 16823-0820