Mitchell v. Miller

District Court, S.D. New York

Mitchell v. Miller

Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC #: _________________ SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DATE FILED: 1/27/2023 ----------------------------------------------------------------- X : KWAMIE MITCHELL, : : Petitioner, : 1:21-cv-4744-GHW : -against - : ORDER : SUPT. MARK MILLER, : : Respondent. : : ----------------------------------------------------------------- X

GREGORY H. WOODS, United States District Judge: On December 9, 2022, Magistrate Judge James L. Cott issued a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) recommending that the Court deny Petitioner’s habeas corpus petition in this case. Dkt. No. 25 at 1. In that R&R, Magistrate Judge Cott determined that the petition should be dismissed as time-barred. See id. at 18. A district court reviewing a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation “may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge.”

28 U.S.C. § 636

(b)(1). Parties may raise specific, written objections to the report and recommendation within fourteen days of receiving a copy of the report. Id.; see also FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b)(2). The Court reviews for clear error those parts of the report and recommendation to which no party has timely objected.

28 U.S.C. § 636

(b)(1)(A); Lewis v. Zon,

573 F. Supp. 2d 804, 811

(S.D.N.Y. 2008). On January 5, 2023, the Court granted Petitioner’s request for an extension of time to file an objection to the R&R no later than January 26, 2023. Dkt. No. 27. No objection to the R&R was submitted within that window. The Court has reviewed the R&R for clear error and finds none. See Braunstein v. Barber, No. 06 Civ. 5978 (CS) (GAY),

2009 WL 1542707

, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. June 2, 2009) (explaining that a “district court may adopt those portions of a report and recommendation to which no objections have been made, as long as no clear error is apparent from the face of the record.”). The Court, therefore, accepts and adopts the R&R in its entirety. For the reasons articulated in the R&R, the petition 1s dented. The Court certifies, pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 1915

(a)(3), that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith, and therefore IFP status is denied for the purpose of an appeal. See Coppedge v. United States,

369 U.S. 438, 444-45

(1962). Petitioner has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right, so the Court denies a certificate of appealability under

28 U.S.C. § 2253

. The Clerk of Court ts directed to mail a copy of this order to Petitioner, to enter judgment for Respondent, and to close this case. SO ORDERED. Dated: January 27, 2023 ( ; Udeed_—- New York, New York GREG . WOODS United States District Judge

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