WILLIAMS v. WETZEL et al

Filing 21

MEMORANDUM ORDER adopting Report and Recommendation re 18 . Petition for writ of habeas corpus dismissed. No certificate of appealability shall issue. Signed by Judge Donetta W. Ambrose on 8/2/19. (ask)

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

DAMONTAE ANTHONY
WILLIAMS
V.
JOHN WETZEL, et al.

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MEMORANDUM ORDER
This matter was referred to Chief Magistrate Judge Cynthia Reed Eddy for proceedings
in accordance with the Magistrates Act, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), and the Local Rules of Court
applicable to Magistrate Judges.1
Judge Eddy filed a Report and Recommendation on April 24, 2019, recommending that
petition for writ of habeas corpus be dismissed, and a certificate of appealability denied. The
petitioner was notified that pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), he had until May 13, 2019, to file
objections to the Report and Recommendation. No objections were filed.
For portions of a Report and Recommendation to which no objection is made, the Court
should "satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the
recommendation." Keaton v. Folino, No. 11-7225, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 102425, at *7 (E.D.
Pa. June 19, 2019). Upon review of the record of this matter, and the Report and
Recommendation, the following order is entered:

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This matter was initially assigned to Judge Phipps, and then transferred to my docket on July 25, 2019.

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AND NOW, this 2nd day of August, 2019, it is ORDERED that the petitioner's petition
for a writ of habeas corpus is dismissed. A certificate of appealability is denied. The Report and
Recommendation is adopted as the opinion of the Court. The Clerk shall mark this matter closed.

BY THE COURT:

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Donetta W. Ambrose
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court

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