RICHARDSON v. COMMONWEALTH OF PA

Full title: ANDREW RICHARDSON, Petitioner, v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent

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

Date published: Aug 18, 2006

Civil Action No. 06-55 Erie (W.D. Pa. Aug. 18, 2006)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 06-55 Erie.

August 18, 2006

MEMORANDUM ORDER

SEAN McLAUGHLIN, District Judge

This habeas corpus action was received by the Clerk of Court on February 7, 2006, 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 Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation [Doc. No. 14], filed on July 31, 2006, recommended that Petitioner's Petition be dismissed due to Petitioner's failure to exhaust state court remedies. The parties were allowed ten (10) days from the date of service to file objections. Service was made on Petitioner by certified mail and on Respondent. No objections were filed. Afterde novo review of the petition and documents in the case, together with the Report and Recommendation, the following order is entered:

AND NOW, this 18^th day of August, 2006;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Petitioner's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is DISMISSED for failure to exhaust state court remedies.

The Report and Recommendation [Doc. No. 14] of Magistrate Judge Baxter, filed on July 31, 2006, is adopted as the opinion of the Court.