HEMINGWAY v. FERGUSON et al

Filing 11

ORDER THAT THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVED AND ADOPTED; THE PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS IS DENIED AND DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE BY SEPARATE JUDGMENT, FILED CONTEMPORANEOUSLY WITH THIS ORDER; NO CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY SHALL ISSUE; THE CLERK OF COURT SHALL MARK THIS FILE CLOSED. SIGNED BY HONORABLE GERALD A. MCHUGH ON 9/11/17. 9/12/17 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED TO PRO SE PETITIONER AND E-MAILED.(jpd )

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA SYLVAN HEMINGWAY, Petitioner, CIVIL ACTION FILED v. No. 16-cv-02509-GAM TAMMY FERGUSON, et al., Respondents SEP 11 2017 BY.KATE BARi<MAN, Clerk - - - D e p . Clerk AND NOW this /1 fl/ day of .J~7 7,,·11-t"-, 2017, upon careful and independent consideration of Sylvan Hemingway's petition for writ of habeas corpus (Doc. No. 1), the Commonwealth's response in opposition (Doc. No. 6), and the Report and Recommendation of U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard A. Lloret, it is ORDERED that: 1. The Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Richard A Lloret is APPROVED and ADOPTED; 2. Hemingway's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is DENIED and DISMISSED with prejudice by separate Judgment, filed contemporaneously with this Order. See Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 58(a); Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts, Rule 12; 3. No certificate of appealability shall issue under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) because "the applicant has [not] made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right[,]" under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2), since he has not demonstrated that "reasonable jurists" would find my "assessment of the constitutional claims debatable or wrong." Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); see United States v. Cepero, 224 F.3d 256, 262-63 (3d Cir. 2000), abrogated on other grounds by Gonzalez v. Thaler, __ U.S. __, 132 S. Ct. 641 (2012); and, 4. The Clerk of Court shall mark this file closed. BY THE COURT: GERALD A. MCHUGH U.S. District Judge I

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