Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 11-1292
01-30-2013
ORDER
AND NOW, this _ day of January, 2013, upon independent consideration of the pleadings and record herein, and after review of the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Thomas J. Rueter, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND DECREED that:
1. The Report and Recommendation is APPROVED AND ADOPTED;
2. Petitioner's Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus is DENIED;
3. Petitioner's Petition for Appointment of Counsel (Doc. 20) is DENIED;
4. Petitioner's Motion to Expand the Record with Transcripts of Jury Selection (Doc. 17) is DENIED; and
5. There is no probable cause to issue a certificate of appealability.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall mark the above-captioned matter as CLOSED for statistical purposes.
BY THE COURT:
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Hon. Petrese B. Tucker , U.S.D.J.