Jones v. Pitkins

Full title: ROMONT A. JONES, Petitioner v. DAVID W. PITKINS, et al., Respondents

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

Date published: Oct 14, 2011

NO. 11-0927 (E.D. Pa. Oct. 14, 2011)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 11-0927.

October 14, 2011

ORDER

LAWRENCE STENGEL, Judge

AND NOW, this 14^th day of October, 2011, upon careful and independent consideration of the petition for writ of habeas corpus, and after review of the thorough and well-reasoned Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Thomas J. Rueter, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The petitioner's objections (Doc. No. 14) are OVERRULED;

2. The Report and Recommendation (Doc. No. 13) is APPROVED and ADOPTED;

3. The petition for writ of habeas corpus (Doc. No. 1) is DENIED with prejudice;

4. The motion for appointment of counsel (Doc. No. 12) is DENIED;

5. There is no probable cause to issue a certificate of appealability; and

6. The Clerk of Court shall mark this case CLOSED.