Jones v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Full title: VALERIE L. JONES, Petitioner, v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, et al.…

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

Date published: Oct 2, 2007

Civil Action No. 07-116 Erie (W.D. Pa. Oct. 2, 2007)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 07-116 Erie.

October 2, 2007

MEMORANDUM ORDER

SEAN McLAUGHLIN, District Judge

This petition for writ of habeas corpus was received by the Clerk of Court on May 16, 2007, and was referred to Chief 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 Chief Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, filed on September 10, 2007 [3], recommended that the instant habeas corpus action be dismissed for Petitioner's failure to prosecute. 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 Cambridge Springs, where she is incarcerated. Petitioner has filed no objections to Chief 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 2^nd day of October, 2007;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the instant habeas corpus action be dismissed for Petitioner's failure to prosecute.

The Report and Recommendation of Chief Magistrate Judge Baxter, filed on September 10, 2007 [3], is adopted as the opinion of the Court.