BARNETT v. GIROUX et al

Filing 14

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE ELIZABETH T. HEY. THE PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS IS DENIED AND PETITIONER'S REQUESTS FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL AND FOR AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING ARE DENIED.SIGNED BY HONORABLE JEFFREY L. SCHMEHL ON 6/22/17. 6/23/17 ENTERED AND COPIES E-MAILED. (ky, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
HAROLD LEROY BARNETT,
Petitioner,
v.

CIVIL ACTION
NO. 16-906

MICHAEL CLARK, et al,
Respondents.

ORDER
AND NOW, this 22nd day of June, 2017, 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 Elizabeth T. Hey, to which no
objections were filed, it is hereby ORDERED as follows:
1. The Report and Recommendation is APPROVED and ADOPTED;
2. The petition for writ of habeas corpus is DENIED;
3. Petitioner’s requests for appointment of counsel and for an evidentiary hearing
are DENIED; and
4. There has been no substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right
requiring the issuance of a certificate of appealability.
BY THE COURT:

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