Guyton v. Sloan ( 2020 )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EDWIN M. GUYTON, CASE NO. 1:18-CV-00964 Petitioner, JUDGE PAMELA A. BARKER -vs- MAGISTRATE JUDGE WILLIAM H. BAUGHMAN, JR. WARDEN BRIGHAM SLOAN, MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND Respondent. ORDER This matter is before the Court upon the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge William H. Baughman, Jr. (Doc. No. 10), issued on November 16, 2020, which recommends that the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pending before the Court be dismissed in part and denied in part and that Petitioner’s request for an evidentiary hearing be denied. No objections have been filed. For the reasons that follow, the Report and Recommendation is ACCEPTED. STANDARD OF REVIEW When objections are made to a Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation, the district court reviews the case de novo. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b)(3) provides in pertinent part: The district judge must determine de novo any part of the magistrate judge’s disposition that has been properly objected to. The district judge may accept, reject, or modify the recommended disposition; receive further evidence; or return the matter to the magistrate judge with instructions. As stated in the Advisory Committee Notes, “[w]hen no timely objection is filed, the court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation.” In Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 150 (1985), the Court held, “[i]t does not appear that Congress intended to require district court review of a magistrate’s factual or legal conclusions, under a de novo or any other standard, when neither party objects to those findings.” DECISION This Court, having reviewed the Report and Recommendation and finding no clear error, accepts the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation. The Court hereby dismisses in part and denies in part the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and denies Petitioner’s request for an evidentiary hearing for the reasons stated by the Magistrate Judge in the Report and Recommendation, which is incorporated herein by reference. Furthermore, the Court certifies, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3), that an appeal from this decision could not be taken in good faith, and that there is no basis upon which to issue a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c); Fed. R. App. P. 22(b). IT IS SO ORDERED. s/Pamela A. Barker PAMELA A. BARKER Date: December 22, 2020 U. S. DISTRICT JUDGE 2