Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 06-5354.
September 28, 2007
ORDER
AND NOW, this 27th day of September 2007, upon careful and independent consideration of the petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and after review of the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge M. Faith Angell (Doc. 13), and no objections having been filed thereto by Petitioner Anthony Pitts, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED and DECREED that:
1. The Report and Recommendation (Doc. 13) is APPROVED AND ADOPTED;
2. The Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. 1) is DENIED AND DISMISSED AS TIME-BARRED under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1);
3. A certificate of appealability will NOT ISSUE; and
4. The Clerk of the Court shall mark this case as CLOSED.