TUTT v. PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE

Full title: WICKIE TUTT, Petitioner, v. PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, et al., Respondents

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

Date published: May 11, 2011

Civil Action No. 08-255 Erie (W.D. Pa. May. 11, 2011)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 08-255 Erie.

May 11, 2011

MEMORANDUM ORDER

SEAN McLAUGHLIN, District Judge

This habeas corpus action was received by the Clerk of Court on September 10, 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 [ECF No. 35], filed on February 28, 2011, recommended that Petitioner's Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus [ECF No. 22] be denied and that a certificate of appealability be denied. The parties were allowed fourteen (14) days from the date of service to file objections. Service was made on Petitioner by certified mail and on Respondents. Petitioner was granted two (2) extensions of time in which to file objections [see Text Orders dated March 17, 2011 and April 19, 2011]; however, no objections were filed. After de novo review of the amended petition and documents in the case, together with the Report and Recommendation, the following order is entered:

AND NOW, this 11^th day of May, 2011;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Petitioner's Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus [ECF No. 22] is DENIED and a certificate of appealability is DENIED.

The Report and Recommendation [ECF No. 35] of Magistrate Judge Baxter, filed on February 28, 2011 is adopted as the opinion of the Court.