U.S. v. Scantland

Full title: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. GEORGE STEVEN SCANTLAND, Defendant

Court: United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division

Date published: May 2, 2011

CASE NO. 04-CR-80773, CASE NO. 08-CIV-13097 (E.D. Mich. May. 2, 2011)

Opinion

CASE NO. 04-CR-80773, CASE NO. 08-CIV-13097.

May 2, 2011

ORDER (1) ACCEPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE DENYING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO VACATE, SET ASIDE, OR CORRECT HIS SENTENCE (2) DENYING DEFENDANT A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY (3) DENYING DEFENDANT'S MOTIONS FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT, TO UNSEAL THE GRAND JURY TRANSCRIPTS, AND FOR A NEW TRIAL

PAUL BORMAN, District Judge

The Court has received as comprehensive 52 page Report and Recommendation from Magistrate Judge Paul J. Komives. The Court, thereafter, received a 47 page objection from Defendant to the Magistrate Judges Report and Recommendation (R R).

Having read and evaluated both documents, the Court adopts the Magistrate Judge R R and rejects Defendant's objections. This includes a denial of a certificate of appealability, adopting the reasons well stated at pages 49-52 of the Magistrate Judges R R.

SO ORDERED.