Stiles v. Wetzel

Full title: RAFIK STILES, Petitioner, v. JOHN E. WETZEL, et al., Respondents.

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

Date published: Nov 10, 2022

Civil Action 20-5977 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 10, 2022)

Opinion

Civil Action 20-5977

11-10-2022

RAFIK STILES, Petitioner, v. JOHN E. WETZEL, et al., Respondents.

EDWARD G. SMITH, J.

ORDER

EDWARD G. SMITH, J.

AND NOW, this day of, 202, upon careful and independent consideration of the pleadings and available state court records, 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 DENIED AND DISMISSED;

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 nor demonstrated that reasonable jurists would debate the correctness of the procedural aspects of this decision. 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. 1