Walker #365900 v. Skipper

Filing 13

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION 12 ; denying habeas petition; denying a certificate of appealability; signed by District Judge Paul L. Maloney (Judge Paul L. Maloney, acr)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
TYRONE ANTHONY WALKER,
Petitioner,
Case No. 1:20-cv-1220
v.
HONORABLE PAUL L. MALONEY
GREGORY SKIPPER,
Respondent.
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ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
This is a habeas corpus petition filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The matter was referred
to the Magistrate Judge, who issued a Report and Recommendation on August 11, 2021,
recommending that this Court deny the petition. The Report and Recommendation was duly
served on the parties. 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 Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate
Judge (ECF No. 12) is APPROVED and ADOPTED as the Opinion of the Court and the petition
for habeas corpus relief (ECF No. 1) is DENIED for the reasons stated in the Report and
Recommendation.
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

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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). For the same reasons the Court concludes that Plaintiff’s claims are properly
dismissed, the Court also concludes that any issue Plaintiff might raise on appeal would be
frivolous. Coppedge v. United States, 369 U.S. 438, 445 (1962). Accordingly, the Court certifies
that an appeal would not be taken in good faith.

Dated: September 9, 2021

/s/ Paul L. Maloney
Paul L. Maloney
United States District Judge

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