ANDERSON v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

Filing 8

ORDER THAT THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVED AND ADOPTED; THE PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS IS DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE; A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY SHALL NOT ISSUE AND; THE CLERK OF COURT SHALL MARK THIS CASE CLOSE FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES. SIGNED BY HONORABLE WENDY BEETLESTONE ON 6/7/17. 6/8/17 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED TO PRO SE PETITIONER AND E-MAILED. (jpd )

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

MAJOR ANDERSON,
Petitioner,

FILED

v.
NO. 17-1429

COMMONWEALTH OF
PENNSYLVANIA,
Respondent.

JUN -7 2017
KATE BARKMAN, Clerk
By
Dep. Clerk

ORDER
AND NOW, this

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day of

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, 2017, upon careful and

independent consideration of the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, 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 ADOPTED;
2. The petition for a writ of habeas corpus is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE;
3. A certificate of appealability SHALL NOT issue, in that the Petitioner has not made a
substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right nor demonstrated that a reasonable jurist
would debate the correctness of this ruling. 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 ca

WENDY BEETLESTONE,

J.