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ATKIN v. GIROUX, 14-163. (2015)

Court: District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania Number: infdco20151119911 Visitors: 9
Filed: Nov. 10, 2015
Latest Update: Nov. 10, 2015
Summary: MEMORANDUM ORDER CATHY BISSOON , District Judge . This case was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Susan Paradise Baxter for pretrial proceedings in accordance with the Magistrates Act, 28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1)(A) and (B), and Local Rule of Civil Procedure 72. On August 13, 2015, the Magistrate Judge issued a Report (Doc. 17) recommending that the petition for a writ of habeas corpus be denied because Petitioner's claims were filed outside the one-year statute of limitations, and th
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MEMORANDUM ORDER

This case was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Susan Paradise Baxter for pretrial proceedings in accordance with the Magistrates Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 636(b)(1)(A) and (B), and Local Rule of Civil Procedure 72.

On August 13, 2015, the Magistrate Judge issued a Report (Doc. 17) recommending that the petition for a writ of habeas corpus be denied because Petitioner's claims were filed outside the one-year statute of limitations, and that the certificate of appealability be denied. Service of the Report and Recommendation was made. On October 9, 2015, Joel Jeffery Atkin ("Petitioner") filed his objections. (Doc. 22).

After a de novo review of the pleadings and documents in the case, together with the Report and Recommendation and the Objections thereto, the following Order is entered:

The Petition of Joel Jeffery Atkin for a writ of habeas corpus (Doc. 1) is DISMISSED and a certificate of appealability is DENIED. The Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge, dated August 13, 2015, hereby is adopted as the Opinion of the District Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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