Westerfield #385400 v. Palmer

Filing 37

ORDER APPROVING AND ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION 32 ; signed by Judge Robert Holmes Bell (Judge Robert Holmes Bell, kcb)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT F O R THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN S O U T H E R N DIVISION

F A R O D K. WESTERFIELD #385400, Petitioner, File No: 1:08-CV-610 v. HON. ROBERT HOLMES BELL C A R M E N PALMER, Respondent. / ORDER APPROVING AND ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION O n September 22, 2009, Magistrate Judge Joseph G. Scoville issued a Report and R e c o m m e n d a tio n ("R&R") recommending that Petitioner Farod K. Westerfield's petition for w rit of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 be denied. (Dkt. No. 32, R&R.) The R & R was duly served on the parties. Petitioner's request for a ninety-day extension of time to file objections was granted in part and denied in part, and he was granted thirty-days from N o v e m b e r 3, 2009, to file his objections to the R&R. (Dkt. No. 34, 11/3/2009 Order.) M o v a n t's motion for reconsideration of the length of the extension was denied. (Dkt. No. 3 6 , 11/18/2009 Order.) To date Petitioner has not filed any objections to the R&R. The m a tter is now ready for consideration. The Court has reviewed the R&R and is satisfied with its disposition of the case. Accordingly, I T IS HEREBY ORDERED that the R&R (Dkt. No. 32) is APPROVED and A D O P T E D as the opinion of the Court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner's petition for writ of habeas corpus p u r su a n t to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Dkt. No. 1) is DENIED.

Dated: January 11, 2010

/s/ Robert Holmes Bell ROBERT HOLMES BELL UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE