Opinion
Case No. 1:09-cv-118-SJM-SPB.
July 25, 2011
MEMORANDUM ORDER
The instant petition for writ of habeas corpus was received by the Clerk of Court on May 18, 2009 and was referred to 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 Report and Recommendation, filed on June 2, 2011 [22], recommends that the instant petition for writ of habeas corpus be denied and that a certificate of appealability be denied. The parties were allowed fourteen (14) days from the date of service in which to file objections. Service was made on Petitioner by certified mail at SCI-Forest, where he is currently incarcerated, and on the Respondent. Petitioner was subsequently granted an extension of time until July 20, 2011 within which to file any objections to the Report and Recommendation. No objections to the Report and Recommendation have been filed to date.
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 25th Day of July, 2011;
IT IS ORDERED that the instant petition for writ of habeas corpus be, and hereby is, DENIED. Inasmuch as reasonable jurists would not find it debatable whether each of Petitioner's claims should be denied as procedurally defaulted and/or lacking in merit, IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no certificate of appealability shall issue.
The Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Baxter, filed on June 2, 2011 [22], is adopted as the opinion of the Court.