CRAFT v. MEEKS

Filing 18

MEMORANDUM ORDER: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for writ of habeas corpus is DISMISSED with prejudice; adopting 17 Report and Recommendations. Signed by Judge Sean J. McLaughlin on 3/22/2013. (rlh)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
ERIC CRAFT,
Petitioner,
v.
ROBERT MEEKS,
Respondent.

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Civil Action No. 12-141 Erie

MEMORANDUM ORDER
This habeas corpus action was received by the Clerk of Court on June 19, 2012
and was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Susan Paradise Baxter for report
and recommendation in accordance with the Magistrates Act, 28 U.S.C. ' 636(b)(1),
and Rules 72.1.3 and 72.1.4 of the Local Rules for Magistrates.
The Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation [ECF No. 17], filed on
February 22, 2013, recommended that the petition for writ of habeas corpus be
dismissed with prejudice. The parties were allowed fourteen (14) days from the date of
service to file objections. Service was made on Petitioner and no objections were filed.
After de novo review of the documents in the case, together with the Report and
Recommendation, the following order is entered:
AND NOW, this 22nd day of March, 2013;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for writ of habeas corpus is
DISMISSED with prejudice.
The Report and Recommendation [ECF No. 17] of Magistrate Judge Baxter, filed
on February 22, 2013, is adopted as the opinion of the Court.
The Clerk is directed to mark the case closed.

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s/

cm:

Sean J. McLaughlin
United States District Judge

All parties of record
Susan Paradise Baxter, U.S. Magistrate Judge

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