Crist v. Kane et al

Filing 20

ORDER (memorandum filed previously as separate docket entry): IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that The Report and Recommendation (Doc. 15) is ADOPTED. The Petition for Habeas Corpus (Doc. 1) is DISMISSED without prejudice to any right Petitioner has to seek aut horization from the Untied States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to file a second or successive petition. A certificate of appealability SHALL NOT ISSUE. Clerk of Court to mark case as CLOSED. Signed by Honorable A. Richard Caputo on 9/26/16. (jam)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
WILLIAM WALTER CRIST, JR.,
CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:14-CV-01412
(JUDGE CAPUTO)

Petitioner,
v.
KATHLEEN KANE, Attorney General of
Pennsylvania and JAMES ECKARD,
Superintendent of SCI Huntingdon,

(MAGISTRATE JUDGE
SAPORITO)

Respondents.
ORDER
NOW, this ___ day of September, 2016, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
(1)

The Report and Recommendation (Doc. 15) is ADOPTED.

(2)

The Petition for Habeas Corpus (Doc. 1) is DISMISSED without prejudice to
any right Petitioner has to seek authorization from the United States Court of
Appeals for the Third Circuit to file a second or successive petition.

(3)

A certificate of appealability SHALL NOT ISSUE.

(4)

The Clerk of Court is directed to mark this case as CLOSED.

/s/ A. Richard Caputo
A. Richard Caputo
United States District Judge