Phillips v. Johnson

Filing 59

ORDER: For the reasons set forth in the accompanying Memorandum, the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge ( 56 ) is ADOPTED, and Jarrod Phillips' Petition Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for a Writ of Habeas Corpus ( 1 ) is DENIED. Beca use Phillips cannot demonstrate that reasonable jurists would find the Court's conclusions on the merits or on the issue procedural default debatable or wrong, a Certificate of Appealability will not issue. The Clerk of the Court will enter a final judgment in accordance with Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Signed by Chief Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr on 11/30/17. (xc:Pro se party by regular mail.) (gb)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION
JARROD PHILLIPS
Petitioner,
v.
DEBRA K. JOHNSON, Warden
Respondent.

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No. 3:15-cv-01039
Chief Judge Crenshaw

ORDER
For the reasons set forth in the accompanying Memorandum, the Report and
Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge (Doc. No. 56) is ADOPTED, and Jarrod Phillips’
Petition Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for a Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. No. 1) is DENIED. Because
Phillips cannot demonstrate that reasonable jurists would find the Court’s conclusions on the merits
or on the issue procedural default debatable or wrong, a Certificate of Appealability will not issue.
The Clerk of the Court will enter a final judgment in accordance with Rule 58 of the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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WAVERLY D. CRENSHAW, JR.
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE