WOOD v. WENEROWICZ et al

Filing 8

ORDER AS FOLLOWS: 1. THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVED AND ADOPTED. 2. RESPONDENTS' MOTION TO TRANSFER (DOCKET NO. 4) IS GRANTED AND THE PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS IS TRANSFERRED TO THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTER N DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. 3. THERE IS NO BASIS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY. 4. THE CLERK OF THE COURT SHALL MARK THIS CASE CLOSED FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES, ETC. SIGNED BY HONORABLE JEFFREY L. SCHMEHL ON 9/29/2015. 9/30/2015 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED TO PETITIONER AND E-MAILED.(lbs, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
KEITH WOOD,
Petitioner,
v.

CIVIL ACTION
NO. 15-4404

MICHAEL WERNEROWICZ, et al,
Petitioners.
ORDER
AND NOW, this 29th day of September, 2015, upon careful and independent
consideration of the petition for writ of habeas corpus, and after review of the Report and
Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Marilyn Heffley and Petitioner’s
“Motion in Opposition to Transfer Proceedings” (Docket No. 6), which I construe as
objections to the Report and Recommendation, it is hereby ORDERED as follows:
1. The Report and Recommendation is APPROVED and ADOPTED.
2. Respondents’ Motion to Transfer (Docket No. 4) is GRANTED and
the petition for writ of habeas corpus is TRANSFERRED to the United States District
Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
3. There is no basis for the issuance of a certificate of appealability.
4. The Clerk of the Court shall mark this case closed for statistical
purposes.

BY THE COURT:

/s/ Jeffrey L. Schmehl
Jeffrey L. Schmehl, J.