Sorokaput v. Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA PETER SOROKAPUT, : No. 4:23-CV-0830 Petitioner : : (Judge Munley) V. : WARDEN SCI-ALBION, Respondent :

ORDER AND NOW, in accordance with the accompanying Memorandum, IT IS ORDERED THAT: 1. Petitioner Peter Sorokaput’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 is DENIED. 2. Acertificate of appealability shall not issue, as Sorokaput has failed to make a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right, see 2 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2), or that “jurists of reason would find it debatable” whether this court’s procedural rulings are correct, Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000). 3. Sorokaput’s motion for an evidentiary hearing (Doc. 59) is DISMISSED as moot in light of the paragraphs 1 and 2 above. 4. The Clerk of Court is directed to CLOSE this case.

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