HILL v. LANE

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

SHAWN R. HILL

Petitioner, CIVIL ACTION NO. 17-1076 v.

TAMMY FERGUSON, et al. Respondents.

ORDER

AND NOW, this 3rd day of September 2019, upon careful and independent consideration of the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, and all related filings, and upon review of the Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) of United States Magistrate Elizabeth T. Hey, and for the reasons stated in the separate Order approving and adopting the R&R, it is hereby ORDERED that: 1. The Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE and without an evidentiary hearing; 2. There is no probable cause to issue a certificate of appealability1; and 3. The Clerk of Court is directed to CLOSE the case. It is so ORDERED. BY THE COURT:

/s/ Cynthia M. Rufe ____________________ CYNTHIA M. RUFE, J.

1 There is no basis for concluding that “reasonable jurists could debate whether . . . the petition should have been resolved in a different manner or that the issues presented were adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further.” Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000) (internal citation omitted).