Jefferson v. The Dist. Attorney of Cnty. of Phila.

Full title: RONALD JEFFERSON, Petitioner, v. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF THE COUNTY OF…

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

Date published: Jul 18, 2022

Civil Action 20-941 (E.D. Pa. Jul. 18, 2022)

Opinion

Civil Action 20-941

07-18-2022

RONALD JEFFERSON, Petitioner, v. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF THE COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, et al., Respondents.

HARVEY BARTLE III, J.

ORDER

HARVEY BARTLE III, J.

AND NOW, this 18th day of July, 2022, upon careful and independent consideration of the pleadings and available state court records, and after review of the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge David R. Strawbridge, it is ORDERED that:

1. The Report and Recommendation is APPROVED and ADOPTED;

2. The petition for a writ of habeas corpus is DENIED AND DISMISSED;

3. A certificate of appealability SHALL NOT issue, in that the Petitioner has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right nor demonstrated that reasonable jurists would debate the correctness of the procedural bases for this adjudication. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); and

4. The Clerk of the Court shall mark this case CLOSED for statistical purposes.