Wallace v. Garman

Full title: SPENCER WALLACE Petitioner v. MARK GARMAN, et al., Respondents

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

Date published: Mar 23, 2022

Civil Action 18-3509 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 23, 2022)

Opinion

Civil Action 18-3509

03-23-2022

SPENCER WALLACE Petitioner v. MARK GARMAN, et al., Respondents

NITZA I. QUIÑONES ALEJANDRO JUDGE

ORDER

NITZA I. QUIÑONES ALEJANDRO JUDGE

AND NOW, this 23^rd day of March 2022, upon consideration of the pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (the “Petition”) by Spencer Wallace (“Petitioner”), [ECF 1], the Report and Recommendation issued by the Honorable Richard A. Lloret, United States Magistrate Judge (the “Magistrate Judge”), which recommended that the Petition be denied, [ECF 22], and Petitioner's counseled objections to the Report and Recommendation, [ECF 29], and after conducting a de novo review of the objections, it is hereby ORDERED, for the reasons set forth in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, that:

1. The Report and Recommendation (the “R&R”), [ECF 22], is APPROVED and ADOPTED, in part;

2. The objections to the R&R, [ECF 29], are SUSTAINED, in part, and OVERRULED, in part;

3. The petition for a writ of habeas corpus, [ECF 1], is DENIED; and

4. A certificate of appealability is hereby issued with respect to Claims I and II. The Clerk of Court is directed to mark this matter CLOSED.