Opinion
Case No. C19-5343-RBL-TLF
08-19-2019
DUANE L KEEVY, Petitioner, v. JEFFREY A UTTECHT, Respondent.
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
THIS MATTER is before the Court on Magistrate Judge Fricke's Report and Recommendation [Dkt. # 11], recommending that the Court deny petitioner's federal habeas corpus petition without prejudice:
(1) The Magistrate Judge's report and recommendation is approved and ADOPTED;
(2) Petitioner's federal habeas corpus petition (Dkt. 7) is DISMISSED without prejudice for failure to exhaust state court remedies; and
(3) A certificate of appealability is DENIED; and
(4) Petitioner's "Motion to Request Court Rule on Petition" (Dkt. 8) IS DENIED as moot; and
(5) The Clerk is directed to close this case and to send copies of this Order to petitioner, to Magistrate Judge Theresa L. Fricke and to any other party that has appeared in this action.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated this 19th day of August, 2019.
/s/_________
Ronald B. Leighton
United States District Judge