KNIGHT v. JONES

Filing 18

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION re: 16 Report and Recommendation and denying 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by ZACHARY KNIGHT. A certificate of appealability is DENIED. Signed by William Terrell Hodges on 4/17/17. (bkp)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
GAINESVILLE DIVISION

ZACHARY KNIGHT,
PETITIONER,
-vs-

Case No. 1:16-cv-00135-WTH-EMT

JULIE JONES,
RESPONDENT.
______________________________/
ORDER
This cause comes on for consideration upon the Magistrate Judge's Report and
Recommendation dated March 22, 2017. (Doc. 16). The parties have been furnished a
copy of the Report and Recommendation and have been afforded an opportunity to file
objections pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 636(b)(1). Plaintiff has filed
objections at Doc. 17. I have made a de novo review based on those objections.
Having considered the Report and Recommendation, and the timely filed objections, I
have determined that the Report and Recommendation should be adopted.
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED:
1.

2.

The Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation, Doc. 16, is adopted
and incorporated by reference in this order.
The clerk is directed to enter the following judgment: “The petition for writ
of habeas corpus, Doc. 1, is DENIED. A certificate of appealability is
DENIED.”

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3.

The clerk is directed to close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.
DONE and ORDERED at Gainesville, Florida this 17th day of April, 2017.

Case No: 1:16‐cv‐00135‐WTH‐EMT