DICKS v. MAHALLY ( 2019 )

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA WILLIAM DICKS, CIVIL ACTION Petitioner, v. SUPERINTENDENT LAWNZENCE NO. 19-489 MAHALLY, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF THE COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, and ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondents. O R D E R AND NOW, this 19th day of December, 2019, upon consideration of pro se petitioner’s Petition Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Document No. 1, filed February 1, 2019), the record in this case, the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Linda K. Caracappa dated October 30, 2019, there being no objections filed notwithstanding the passage of time for filing objections, IT IS ORDERED as follows: 1. The Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Linda K. Caracappa dated October 30, 2019, is APPROVED and ADOPTED; 2. Pro se petitioner’s Petition Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for Writ of Habeas Corpus is DISMISSED; 3. A certificate of appealability will not issue because reasonable jurists would not debate the propriety of this Court’s procedural ruling with respect to petitioner’s claims. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); and, 4. The Clerk of Court shall MARK this case CLOSED. BY THE COURT: /s/ Hon. Jan E. DuBois