Gonzalez v. SCI-Forest

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA JOSE GONZALEZ, : No. 4:22¢v1237 Petitioner : : (Judge Munley) Vv. : : (Magistrate Judge Carlson) SUPERINTENDENT of SCI-FOREST : and PENNSYLVANIA OFFICE OF : ATTORNEY GENERAL, : Respondents :

ORDER AND NOW, to wit, this ¢ AO day of June 2025, for the reasons set forth ir

an accompanying memorandum, it is hereby ORDERED that: 1) Petitioner Jose Gonzalez’s objections to the report and recommendation (“R&R”), (Doc. 16), are OVERRULED; 2) The R&R, (Doc. 15), is ADOPTED is adopted in its entirety; 3) Gonzalez’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, (Doc. 1), is DISMISSED as time-barred; 4) A certificate of appealability shall not issue, as Gonzalez has failed to make

a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right, see 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c\(2), or that “jurists of reason would find it debatable” whether this Court's procedural ruling is correct, Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); and

5) The Clerk of Court is directed to close this case.

BY THE COURT:

ae eee DGEWULIA K. MUNKEY States District Court