McGowan v. Ransom ( 2019 )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA DAVID MCGOWAN, : CIVIL ACTION Petitioner, : F| L E D V. : OCT 28 2019 KEVIN RANSOM, et al., : NO. 19-3262 KATE BARKMAN, Clerk Respondents. By Dep. Cle ORDER AND NOW, this 4 Gay of 2019, upon careful and independent consideration of the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, Petitioner’s response to the order to show cause, and available state court records, and after review of the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge David R. Strawbridge, it is ORDERED that: 1. The Report and Recommendation is APPROVED and ADOPTED; 2. The petition for a writ of habeas corpus is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE; 3. A certificate of appealability SHALL NOT issue, in that the Petitioner has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right nor demonstrated that reasonable jurists would debate the correctness of the procedural aspects of this ruling. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); and 4, The Clerk of the Court shall mark this case CLOSED for statistical purposes. BY THE COURT: * 2] C. CL Il, J.