Hawkins #177000 v. Roggenbuck

Filing 15

ORDER APPROVING AND ADOPTING AMENDED REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION 13 ; denying petition for habeas corpus relief; denying a certificate of appealability as to each issue asserted; Judgment to issue; signed by Judge Janet T. Neff (Judge Janet T. Neff, rmw)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
EDDIE JAMES HAWKINS,
Petitioner,
Case No. 1:14-cv-1191
v.
HON. JANET T. NEFF
JOAN ROGGENBUCK,
Respondent.
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ORDER
This is a habeas corpus petition filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The matter was referred
to the Magistrate Judge, who issued an Amended Report and Recommendation on February 9,
2017, recommending that this Court deny the petition. The Report and Recommendation was duly
served on the parties.1 No objections have been filed, see 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), and the Court
issues this Order. The Court will also issue a Judgment in this § 2254 proceeding. See Gillis v.
United States, 729 F.3d 641, 643 (6th Cir. 2013) (requiring a separate judgment in habeas
proceedings). Therefore,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Amended Report and Recommendation of the
Magistrate Judge (Dkt 13) is APPROVED and ADOPTED as the Opinion of the Court and the
petition for habeas corpus relief (Dkt 1) is DENIED for the reasons stated in the Report and
Recommendation.

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Service of the Report and Recommendation on Petitioner was returned, marked “return to sender,”
“not at this address,” and “paroled to Kalamazoo on 6-30-16” (Dkt 14). Petitioner has failed to
keep the Court apprised of his current address.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a certificate of appealability pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§ 2253(c) is DENIED as to each issue asserted. See RULES GOVERNING § 2254 CASES, Rule 11
(requiring the district court to “issue or deny a certificate of appealability when it enters a final
order”). Petitioner has not demonstrated that reasonable jurists would find the Court’s rulings
debatable or wrong. Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473 (2000); Murphy v. Ohio, 263 F.3d 466, 46667 (6th Cir. 2001).

Dated: March 3, 2017

/s/ Janet T. Neff
JANET T. NEFF
United States District Judge

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