MCGEE v. ZAKEN

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA KEVIN DOUGLAS McGEE, Petitioner, v. CIVIL ACTION MICHAEL ZAKEN, et al., NO. 22-2650 Respondents.

ORDER AND NOW, this 11th day of May 2023, upon consideration of Kevin McGee’s Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus (ECF 1), Respondents’ Opposition (ECF 11), the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Scott W. Reid (ECF 12), and McGee’s Objections (ECF 16), it is hereby ORDERED that: 1. McGee’s objections are OVERRULED and Magistrate Judge Reid’s Report and Recommendation (ECF 12) is APPROVED and ADOPTED; 2. McGee’s Petition (ECF 1) is DENIED. 3. No certificate of appealability shall issue;1

4. McGee’s Motion for Leave to Conduct Discovery (ECF 15) and Motion for a Stay of the Proceedings (ECF 22) are DENIED. 5. This case shall be CLOSED for statistical purposes. BY THE COURT:

/s/ Gerald J. Pappert GERALD J. PAPPERT, J.

1 Reasonable jurists would not debate the Court’s disposition of petitioner’s claims. See Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000).