RITTER v. TUTTLE et al

Filing 46

ORDER (memorandum filed previously as separate docket entry); Overruling the Objections; ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION of Magistrate Judge Carlson; declining to issue a certificate of appealability; Clerk of Court is directed to CLOSE this case. Signed by Honorable James M. Munley on 12/14/18. (sm)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

WILLIAM S. RITTER, JR.,
Petitioner

:
No. 3:15cv1235
:
:
(Judge Munley)
v.
:
:(Magistrate Judge Carlson)
JOHN TUTTLE, et al.,
:
Respondents :
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ORDER
AND NOW, to wit, this 14th day of December 2018, it is hereby ORDERED
as follows:
1) The petitioner’s objections to the magistrate judge’s report and
recommendation (Doc. 44) are OVERRULED;
2) The magistrate judge’s report and recommendation (Doc. 43) is
ADOPTED in that William S. Ritter, Jr.’s habeas corpus petition is DENIED;
3) For the reasons set forth in the accompanying memorandum, we
decline to issue a certificate of appealability; and
4) The Clerk of Court is directed to close this case.
BY THE COURT:

s/ James M. Munley
JUDGE JAMES M. MUNLEY
United States District Court