Cole v. Warden of Seneca County Jail et al

Filing 10

Opinion & Order signed by Judge James S. Gwin on 9/21/17. The Court adopts the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge and dismisses petitioner's habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Furthermore, no basis exists upon which to issue a certificate of appealability. (Related Docs. 1 , 5 , and 9 ) (D,MA)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
-----------------------------------------------------DEVIN TERELLE COLE,
Petitioner,
vs.
WARDEN OF SENECA COUNTY
JAIL, et al.
Respondents.

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CASE NO. 3:17-CV-155

OPINION AND ORDER
[Resolving Docs. 1, 5]

-----------------------------------------------------JAMES S. GWIN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE:
On January 23, 2017, Petitioner Devin Terelle Cole filed a habeas corpus petition under 28
U.S.C. § 2241 challenging his pre-removal detention.1 On July 19, 2017, Magistrate Judge
Kathleen B. Burke recommended that the Court dismiss Petitioner Cole’s petition for lack of
subject matter jurisdiction.2 Magistrate Judge Burke found that the petition is now moot because
Immigration and Customs Enforcement already removed Petitioner Cole from the country.
Objections to Magistrate Judge Burke’s Report and Recommendation were due by August
2, 2017. Petitioner Cole has not filed objections to the Report and Recommendation.
The Federal Magistrates Act requires a district court to conduct a de novo review only of
those portions of a Report and Recommendation to which the parties have made an objection.3
Absent objection, a district court may adopt the Report and Recommendation without review.4
Because no party has objected to the Report and Recommendation, this Court may adopt
the Report and Recommendation without further review. Moreover, having conducted its own

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Doc. 1. Respondent opposed. Doc. 4.
Doc. 9.
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28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).
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Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149 (1985); L.R. 72.3(b).
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Case No. 3:17-cv-155
Gwin, J.

review of the petition and record, the Court agrees with the conclusions in the Report and
Recommendation.
Accordingly, the Court ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Burke’s Report and Recommendation
and incorporates it fully herein by reference. The Court DISMISSES Petitioner’s habeas petition.
Furthermore, no basis exists upon which to issue a certificate of appealability. 5

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 21, 2017

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s/
James S. Gwin
JAMES S. GWIN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

28 U.S.C. § 2253(c); Fed. R. App. P. 22(b).

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