Webb v. Steele

Filing 14

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Judge Adelman's Report and Recommendation filed on August 28, 2013 is adopted and sustained in its entirety. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner Kenneth Webb's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is DENIED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Court will not issue a certificate of appealability. A separate Judgment in accordance with this Memorandum and Order is entered this same date.. Signed by District Judge Rodney W. Sippel on 9/18/13. (LGK)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
KENNETH WEBB,
Petitioner,
v.
TROY STEELE,
Respondent.

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Case No. 4:10 CV 758 RWS

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This matter is before me on the petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by Petitioner
Kenneth Webb. I referred this matter to United States Magistrate Judge Terry I. Adelman for a
report and recommendation on all dispositive matters pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b). On August
28, 2013, Judge Adelman filed his recommendation that Webb’s habeas petition should be
denied.
Objections to Judge Adelman’s Report and Recommendation were due to be filed by
September 11, 2013. As of the date of this order, Webb has not filed any objection to the Report
and Recommendation. After careful consideration, I will adopt and sustain the thorough
reasoning of Judge Adelman’s report and I will deny Webb’s habeas petition for the reasons
stated in the Report and Recommendation dated August 28, 2013.
I have also considered whether to issue a certificate of appealability. To grant a
certificate of appealability, the Court must find a substantial showing of the denial of a federal
constitutional right. See Tiedeman v. Benson, 122 F.3d 518, 522 (8th Cir. 1997). A substantial
showing is a showing that issues are debatable among reasonable jurists, a court could resolve

the issues differently, or the issues deserve further proceedings. Cox v. Norris, 133 F.3d 565,
569 (8th Cir. 1997) (citing Flieger v. Delo, 16 F.3d 878, 882-83 (8th Cir. 1994). Because
petitioner has not made such a showing in this case, I will not issue a certificate of appealability.
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Judge Adelman’s Report and Recommendation filed
on August 28, 2013 is adopted and sustained in its entirety.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner Kenneth Webb’s Petition for Writ of
Habeas Corpus is DENIED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Court will not issue a certificate of appealability.
A separate Judgment in accordance with this Memorandum and Order is entered this
same date.

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RODNEY W. SIPPEL
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated this 18th day of September, 2013.

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