Opinion
Case No. 3:08-cr-175
2013-09-23
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, v. JEREMY E. LEWIS, Defendant.
Judge Thomas M. Rose
Magistrate Judge Michael R. Merz
ENTRY AND ORDER OVERRULING LEWIS'S OBJECTIONS (Doc.
#187) TO THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATIONS (Doc. #185) REGARDING LEWIS'S LATEST
MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM JUDGMENT; ADOPTING THE
MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
REGARDING LEWIS'S LATEST MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM
JUDGMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY; DENYING LEWIS'S LATEST MOTION
FOR RELIEF FROM JUDGMENT AND, BECAUSE REASONABLE
JURISTS WOULD NOT DISAGREE WITH THIS CONCLUSION,
DENYING LEWIS A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY ON THIS
MOTION AND CERTIFYING THAT ANY APPEAL WOULD BE
OBJECTIVELY FRIVOLOUS
This case is before the Court on Defendant Jeremy E. Lewis's ("Lewis's") latest Motion for Relief from Judgment under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b). (Doc. #183.) On July 24, 2012, this Court denied Lewis's prior Motion for Relief from Judgment. Lewis now seeks relief from this Order.
On July 12, 2013, Magistrate Merz issued a Report and Recommendations recommending that Lewis's latest Motion for Relief from Judgment be denied, that any request for a certificate of appealability be denied and that the Court certify to the Sixth Circuit that any appeal would be objectively frivolous. (Doc. #185.) Lewis has objected to this Report and Recommendations (doc. #187) and the time has run and the Government has not responded to Lewis's Objections. This matter is, therefore, ripe for decision.
As required by 28 U.S.C. §636(b) and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 72(b), the District Judge has made a de novo review of the record in this case. Upon said review, the Court finds that Lewis's Objections to the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendations regarding Lewis's latest Motion for Relief from Judgment are not well-taken, and they are hereby OVERRULED.
The Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendations regarding Lewis's latest Motion for Relief from Judgment are adopted in their entirety. Lewis's latest Motion for Relief from Judgment (doc. #183) is denied. Further, Lewis is denied any requested Certificate of Appealability of the denial of this Motion for Relief from Judgment and any appeal thereof would be objectively frivolous.
DONE and ORDERED in Dayton, Ohio, this Twenty-Third Day of September, 2013.
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THOMAS M. ROSE
UNITED STATED DISTRICT JUDGE
Copies furnished to: Counsel of Record
Jeremy E. Lewis at his last known address of record