MUCCI v. LINK et al

Filing 16

ORDER THAT THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVED AND ADOPTED; PETITIONER'S REQUEST FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL IS DENIED; THE PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS IS DISMISSED; AND A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY WILL NOT ISSUE.. SIGNED BY HONORABLE GERALD A. MCHUGH ON 7/6/17. 7/7/17 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

GIOVANNI MUCCI
Petitioner,
v.
CYNTHIA LINK, SUPERINTENDENT
SCI-GRATERFORD, et al
Respondents.

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CIVIL ACTION
No. 16-2624

ORDER
This 6th day of July, 2017, upon careful and independent consideration of Petition for
Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 filed by pro se petitioner, Giovanni Mucci, the
record in this case, and the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge
David R. Strawbridge, dated April 26, 2017, IT IS ORDERED as follows:
1. Petitioner’s request for the appointment of counsel is DENIED;
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The Report and Recommendation is APPROVED AND ADOPTED;

3. The Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is DISMISSED; and
4. A certificate of appealability will not issue. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2); Slack v.
McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000).

/s/ Gerald Austin McHugh
United States District Judge