GREGG v. KERESTES et al

Filing 13

ORDER THAT THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF CHIEF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE THOMAS J. RUETER DATED 12/22/2009, IS APPROVED AND ADOPTED; PETITIONER'S OBJECTIONS ARE OVERRULED; PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS IS DISMISSED AND DENIED, ETC. SIGNED BY HONORABLE JAN E. DUBOIS ON 1/12/10. 1/13/10 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED TO PRO SE AND E-MAILED.(ti, )

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA REGINALD GREGG, Petitioner, vs. : : : : SUPERINTENDENT KERESTES; : DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF THE COUNTY : PHILADELPHIA LYNNE ABRAHAM; and, : THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE : STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, : Respondents. : ORDER AND NOW, this 12th day of January, 2010, upon consideration of the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 filed by Reginald Gregg (Document No. 1, filed August 3, 2009), and after review of the Report and Recommendation of Chief United States Magistrate Judge Thomas J. Rueter dated December 22, 2009 (Document No. 10), Petitioner's Objections to Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge (Document No. 11, filed December 30, 2009), and the record in this case, for the reasons set forth in the attached Memorandum, IT IS ORDERED as follows: 1. The Report and Recommendation of Chief United States Magistrate Judge Thomas J. Rueter dated December 22, 2009, is APPROVED and ADOPTED; 2. Petitioner's Objections to Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge are OVERRULED; 3. Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 filed by Reginald Gregg is DISMISSED AND DENIED; and, 4. A certificate of appealability will not issue because reasonable jurists would not debate whether the petition states a valid claim of the denial of a constitutional right or this Court's CIVIL ACTION NO. 09-3514 procedural rulings with respect to petitioner's claims. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000). BY THE COURT: /s/ Jan E. DuBois_____________ JAN E. DUBOIS, J. 2

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