Speight v. Quintana

Full title: KENNETH EUGENE SPEIGHT, Petitioner, v. FRANCISCO J. QUINTANA, Respondent

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

Date published: Oct 17, 2008

Civil Action No. 08-41 Erie (W.D. Pa. Oct. 17, 2008)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 08-41 Erie.

October 17, 2008

MEMORANDUM ORDER

SEAN McLAUGHLIN, District Judge

This habeas corpus action was received by the Clerk of Court on February 7, 2008, 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. 18], filed on September 24, 2008, recommended that Petitioner's Petition be dismissed as moot. 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. 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 17^th day of October, 2008;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Petitioner's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is DISMISSED as moot.

The Report and Recommendation [Doc. No. 18] of Magistrate Judge Baxter, filed on September 24, 2008, is adopted as the opinion of the Court.