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Hayden v. Brooks

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Aug 29, 2007
CIVIL ACTION NO. 07-1886 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 29, 2007)

Summary

In Hayden, the court declined to find that the situation presented "extraordinary circumstances" such that prevented the petitioner from filing his habeas petition.

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Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 07-1886.

August 29, 2007


ORDER


AND NOW, this 29th day of August 2007, upon consideration of the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and the Response thereto of the District Attorney of Philadelphia, and after review of the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge L. Filipe Restrepo, it is hereby ORDERED that:

1. The Report and Recommendation is APPROVED and ADOPTED;

2. The Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is DISMISSED as time-barred;

3. A certificate of appealability shall not issue since for the reasons set forth in the Report and Recommendation, petitioner has failed to show that a reasonable jurist could conclude that the Court is incorrect in dismissing the petition as time barred.


Summaries of

Hayden v. Brooks

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Aug 29, 2007
CIVIL ACTION NO. 07-1886 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 29, 2007)

In Hayden, the court declined to find that the situation presented "extraordinary circumstances" such that prevented the petitioner from filing his habeas petition.

Summary of this case from Starkey v. Cameron
Case details for

Hayden v. Brooks

Case Details

Full title:ERIC HAYDEN v. MARILYN S. BROOKS, et al

Court:United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Date published: Aug 29, 2007

Citations

CIVIL ACTION NO. 07-1886 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 29, 2007)

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