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Piskanin v. Cameron

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Feb 20, 2013
Case No. 3:13-CV-25-KRG-KAP (W.D. Pa. Feb. 20, 2013)

Opinion

Case No. 3:13-CV-25-KRG-KAP

02-20-2013

MICHAEL J. PISKANIN, Jr. Petitioner, v. KENNETH CAMERON, WARDEN, S.C.I. CRESSON,


MEMORANDUM ORDER

This matter was referred to Magistrate Judge Keith A. Pesto for proceedings in accordance with the Magistrates Act, 28 U.S.C.S 636(b)(1), and subsections 3 and 4 of Local Rule 72.1 for Magistrate Judges.

The Magistrate Judge filed a Report and Recommendation on February 6, 2013, docket no. 3, recommending that the petitioner's petition for a writ of habeas corpus be dismissed before service without a certificate of appealability.

The petitioner was notified that pursuant to 28 U.S.C.§ 636(b)(1), he had fourteen days to file written objections to the Report and Recommendation. Petitioner filed timely objections, docket no. 5, which are meritless.

After de novo review of the record of this matter together with the Report and Recommendation and the objections thereto, the following order is entered:

AND NOW, this 20th day of February, 2013, it is

ORDERED that the petitioner's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is denied and dismissed. No certificate of appealability shall issue. The Report and Recommendation is adopted as the opinion of the Court. The Clerk shall mark this matter closed. The petitioner's motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, docket no. 4, is granted.

BY THE COURT:

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KIM R. GIBSON,

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Notice by U.S. Mail to:

Michael J. Piskanin GG-2457

S.C.I. Cresson

P.O. Box A

Cresson, PA 16699-0001


Summaries of

Piskanin v. Cameron

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Feb 20, 2013
Case No. 3:13-CV-25-KRG-KAP (W.D. Pa. Feb. 20, 2013)
Case details for

Piskanin v. Cameron

Case Details

Full title:MICHAEL J. PISKANIN, Jr. Petitioner, v. KENNETH CAMERON, WARDEN, S.C.I…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Date published: Feb 20, 2013

Citations

Case No. 3:13-CV-25-KRG-KAP (W.D. Pa. Feb. 20, 2013)