BARKER v. ECKHARD et al

Filing 17

ORDER THAT THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVED AND ADOPTED; THE PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS IS DENIED AND DISMISSED; A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY SHALL NOT ISSUE; AND THE CLERK OF THE COURT SHALL MARK THIS CASE CLOSED FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES.. SIGNED BY HONORABLE WENDY BEETLESTONE ON 3/7/17. 3/7/17 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED TO PRO SE PETITIONER, E-MAILED TO COUNSEL.(pr, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL ACTION

TERRANCE BARKER,
Petitioner,

FILED

v.
J. A. ECKHARD, et al.,
Respondents.

NO.

15-3644

MAR 06 2017
KA:rE BARKMAN, Clem

By__• •.

ORDER
AND NOW, this ,,_.day of

JA.~,

Dep. Clerk

2017, upon careful and independent

consideration of the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the response, and available state court
records, and after review of the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge
David R. Strawbridge, it is ORDERED that:
1.

· The Report and Recommendation is APPROVED and ADOYfED;

2.

The petition for a writ of habeas corpus is DENIED AND DISMISSED;

3.

A certificate of appealability SHALL NOT issue, in that the Petitioner has

not demonstrated that reasonable jurists would debate the correctness of the procedural aspects of
this ruling nor has he made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right. See 28
U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); and
4.

The Clerk of the Court shall mark this case CLOSED for statistical

purposes.

ENTERED
MAR 0 7 2017

CLERK OF COURT

J.