Belch v. Masurkiewicz

Full title: EDWARD BELCH, Plaintiff, v. JOSEPH MASURKIEWICZ, Defendant.

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Date published: Jul 18, 2014

11cv1189 (W.D. Pa. Jul. 18, 2014)

Opinion

11cv1189

07-18-2014

EDWARD BELCH, Plaintiff, v. JOSEPH MASURKIEWICZ, Defendant.

Arthur J. Schwab

ELECTRONICALLY FILED

ORDER OF COURT RE: AMENDED PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

(DOC. NO. 32) AND UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE MAUREEN P. KELLY'S

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION (DOC. NO. 35)

Presently before this Court is Petitioner's Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Doc. No. 32. On June 27, 2014, United States Magistrate Judge Maureen P. Kelly issued a Report and Recommendation and recommended to this Court that it deny the Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and deny a Certificate of Appealability. Doc. No. 35. Objections to the Report and Recommendation were due to be filed on or before July 14, 2014. Id. A copy of the Report and Recommendation were sent to Petitioner at his address of record via first class mail. No objections have been received. After consideration of the Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and United States Magistrate Judge Kelly's Report and Recommendation, the following Order is entered:

AND NOW, this 18^th day of July, 2014, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1. The Report and Recommendation (Doc. No. 35) is ADOPTED AS THE OPINION OF THIS COURT;
2. Petitioner's Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. No. 32) is DENIED;
3. A Certificate of Appealability is DENIED;
4. The Clerk of Court shall mark this CASE CLOSED.

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Arthur J. Schwab

United States District Judge

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