Opinion
3:15-CV-1090
04-05-2022
JOSEPH WILLIAMS, Petitioner v. NANCY A. GIROUX, et al. Respondents
ORDER
ROBERT D. MARIANI, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
AND NOW, this 5th day of April, 2022, upon de novo review of Magistrate Judge Martin C. Carlson's Report & Recommendation (“R&R”) (Doc. 56), Petitioner's Objections thereto (Doc. 60), and all other relevant documents, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
1. Petitioner's Objections as to habeas grounds 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are OVERRULED for the reasons set forth in the Court's accompanying memorandum opinion.
2. The reasoning of the R&R (Doc. 56) is ADOPTED only as to habeas grounds 4 and 5.
3. The Court will DENY relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on grounds 1 through 5.
4. The Court will DEFER ruling on habeas ground 6 until the record is more fully developed.
5. Counsel for Petitioner shall be appointed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(a)(2)(B) by further Order of the Court.