STEWARD v. COMMON WEALTH et al

Filing 23

ORDER THAT THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVED AND ADOPTED; THE PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS IS DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE; A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY SHALL NOT ISSUE; THE CLERK OF THE COURT SHALL MARK THIS CASE CLOSED FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES.. SIGNED BY HONORABLE JOEL H. SLOMSKY ON 3/17/15. 3/17/15 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED TO PRO SE PETITIONER, E-MAILED TO COUNSEL.(pr, )

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

NORMAN T. STEWARD, JR.,
Petitioner,

v.
NO. 13-2552

COMMONWEALTH, et al.,
Respondents.
ORDER

AND NOW, this

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day of

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, 2015, upon careful and independent

consideration of the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the response to the petition and appended
exhibits, and 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 WITH PREJUDICE;
3.

A certificate of appealability SHALL NOT issue, in that the Petitioner has not

demonstrated that reasonable jurists would debate the correctness of the procedural grounds for this
ruling. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253; Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); and .
4. The Clerk of the Court shall mark this case CLOSED for statistical purposes.
BY THE COURT:

J.