Thoma v. Warden Pickaway Correctional Institution

Filing 21

ORDER adopting Report and Recommendations re 20 Report and Recommendations. Signed by Judge Timothy S. Black on 11/18/2020. (rrs)

Case: 1:20-cv-00282-TSB-MRM Doc #: 21 Filed: 11/18/20 Page: 1 of 1 PAGEID #: 1020

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
WESTERN DIVISION AT CINCINNATI
BRIAN THOMA,

:

Petitioner,

Case No. 1:20-cv-282

- vs -

District Judge Timothy S. Black
Magistrate Judge Michael R. Merz

WARDEN, Pickaway Correctional Institution,
Respondent.

:

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The Court has reviewed the Report and Recommendations of United States Magistrate
Judge Michael R. Merz (ECF No. 20) to whom this case was referred pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §
636(b), and noting that no objections have been filed thereto and that the time for filing such
objections under Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b) has expired, hereby ADOPTS said Report and
Recommendations.
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that the Petition be DISMISSED with prejudice.
Petitioner is DENIED any requested certificate of appealability and the Court hereby certifies to
the United States Court of Appeals that an appeal would be objectively frivolous and therefore
should not be permitted to proceed in forma pauperis.
November ____, 2020.
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Timothy S. Black
United States District Judge