Ford #609341 v. MacLaren

Filing 13

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION 12 : Petitioner's petition and certificate of appealability are DENIED; case closed; signed by Judge Gordon J. Quist (Judge Gordon J. Quist, jmt)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
NORTHERN DIVISION

JOSEPH JAY FORD,
Petitioner,

Case No. 2:17-CV-129

v.
HON. GORDON J. QUIST
DUNCAN MACLAREN,
Respondent.
/
ORDER ADOPTING
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
The Court has reviewed Magistrate Judge Maarten Vermaat’s September 25, 2019, Report
and Recommendation recommending that the Court deny both Petitioner’s petition for writ of
habeas corpus and his request to stay this case and hold it in abeyance pending his exhaustion of
state-court remedies with respect to new claims and that the Court deny Petitioner a certificate of
appealability. The Report and Recommendation was duly served on Petitioner on September 25,
2019. No objections have been filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b). Therefore the Court will adopt
the Report and Recommendation.
THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the September 25, 2019, Report and
Recommendation (ECF No. 12) is approved and adopted as the Opinion of the Court, and
Petitioner’s habeas petition (ECF No. 1) is DENIED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a certificate of appealability is DENIED.
A separate judgment will enter.
This case is concluded.
Dated: October 17, 2019

/s/ Gordon J. Quist
GORDON J. QUIST
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE