RICHARDSON v. PIAZZA et al, No. 2:2007cv02065 - Document 34 (E.D. Pa. 2010)

Court Description: ORDER THAT THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVED AND ADOPTED IN MAJOR PART AND NOT ADOPTED IN MINOR PART AS SET FORTH IN THE ACCOMPANYING OPINION; THE PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HAEAS CORPUS IS DISMISSED; A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY IS NOT GRANTED; AND THE PETITION FOR REVIEW AND RECONSIDERATION IS DENIED.. SIGNED BY HONORABLE LOUIS H. POLLAK ON 1/20/10. 1/21/10 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED, E-MAILED AND FAXED.(lvj, )

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA MELVIN KEITH RICHARDSON, CIVIL ACTION Petitioner, No. 07-2065 v. JOSEPH PIAZZA, et al., Respondents. ORDER AND NOW, this 20th day of January, 2010, upon consideration of petitioner s Amended Habeas Corpus Petition (Docket No. 15), respondents Answer (Docket No. 24), petitioner s Reply (Docket No. 25), the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Linda K. Caracappa (Docket No. 26), petitioner s Objections to Report and Recommendation (Docket No. 27), petitioner s Petition for Review and Reconsideration (Docket No. 30), and the record herein, and for the reasons provided in the accompanying opinion, it is hereby ORDERED that: 1. The Report and Recommendation is APPROVED AND ADOPTED IN MAJOR PART and NOT ADOPTED IN MINOR PART, as set forth in the accompanying opinion; 2. The petition for a writ of habeas corpus is DISMISSED; 3. A Certificate of Appealability is NOT GRANTED; and 4. The Petition for Review and Reconsideration is DENIED. /s/Louis H. Pollak Pollak, J.

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