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Shaw v. Wynder

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Aug 20, 2008
CIVIL ACTION NO. 08-1863 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 20, 2008)

Summary

dismissing petition without requiring response where claim frivolous

Summary of this case from Purnell v. Pennsylvania

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 08-1863.

August 20, 2008


ORDER


AND NOW, this 20th day of August, 2008, upon careful and independent consideration of the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, and after review of the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge David R. Strawbridge, it is ORDERED that:

1. The Report and Recommendation is APPROVED and ADOPTED;

2. The petition for a writ of habeas corpus is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE;

3. A certificate of appealability SHALL NOT issue, in that the Petitioner has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right or demonstrated that a reasonable jurist would debate the correctness of this ruling. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); and

4. The Clerk of the Court shall mark this case CLOSED for statistical purposes.


Summaries of

Shaw v. Wynder

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Aug 20, 2008
CIVIL ACTION NO. 08-1863 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 20, 2008)

dismissing petition without requiring response where claim frivolous

Summary of this case from Purnell v. Pennsylvania
Case details for

Shaw v. Wynder

Case Details

Full title:LARRY SHAW, Petitioner, v. JAMES WYNDER, et al., Respondents

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

Date published: Aug 20, 2008

Citations

CIVIL ACTION NO. 08-1863 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 20, 2008)

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