In Re: Panama

Filing 54

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION AND GRANTING MOTION TO STAY; granting 30 Motion to Adopt/Join; granting 52 Motion to Adopt/Join; affirming and adopting 49 Report and Recommendations on 50 Objections to Report and Recommendations; overruling 50 Objections to Report and Recommendations; granting 28 Motion to Stay; denying as moot 48 Motion for Extension of Time. Certificate of Appealability: No Ruling. Signed by Judge Patricia A. Seitz on 7/13/2016. (wc)

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