Williams v. Grice

Full title: HAKEEM WILLIAMS v. CURTIS GRICE,[1] et al.

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

Date published: Jan 8, 2024

Civil Action 23-1620 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 8, 2024)

Opinion

Civil Action 23-1620

01-08-2024

HAKEEM WILLIAMS v. CURTIS GRICE,[1] et al.

Gerald Austin McHugh United States District Judge

ORDER

Gerald Austin McHugh United States District Judge

This 8^th day of January, 2024, upon careful and independent consideration of Hakeem Williams' amended petition for writ of habeas corpus (ECF 5), and after review of the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Scott W. Reid (ECF 27),²it is hereby ORDERED that:

2 Mr. Williams did not file objections to Magistrate Judge Reid's Report and Recommendation.

1. The Report and Recommendation is APPROVED and ADOPTED;

2. The amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus is DENIED and DISMISSED;

3. A certificate of appealability shall not issue, in that the Petitioner has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right nor demonstrated that reasonable jurists would debate the correctness of this ruling. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); and

4. The Clerk of the Court shall mark this case CLOSED for statistical purposes.