UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION

MUSA IKHARO, : Case No. 1:18-cv-385 : Petitioner, : Judge Timothy S. Black : vs. : Magistrate Judge Stephanie K. : Bowman UNITED STATES ATTORNEY : GENERAL, et al., : : Respondents. :

DECISION AND ENTRY ADOPTING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE (Doc. 28)

This case is before the Court pursuant to the Order of General Reference to United States Magistrate Judge Stephanie K. Bowman. Pursuant to such reference, the Magistrate Judge reviewed the pleadings filed with this Court and, on July 17, 2019, submitted a Report and Recommendations. (Doc. 28). Petitioner Musa Ikharo objected to the Report and Recommendations. (Doc. 29). As required by

(b) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b), the Court has reviewed the comprehensive findings of the Magistrate Judge and considered de novo all of the filings in this matter. Upon consideration of the foregoing, the Court finds that Petitioner’s objection (Doc. 29) is not well-taken and OVERRULED. Moreover, the Court notes that Petitioner has presented substantively the same arguments in this Petition and objections as he has in other petitions before this Court and before the Sixth Circuit. And, since the Magistrate Judge submitted the Report and Recommendations, these arguments have been considered – and rejected – by this Court and the Sixth Circuit. See, e.g., Ikharo v. Att’y Gen. of United States, No. 20-3250,

(6th Cir. Aug. 13, 2020); Ikharo v. Barr, No. 18-4153,

(6th Cir. July 21, 2020); Ikharo v. Shanks, No. 1:19-cv-256,

(S.D. Ohio Feb. 21, 2020) (Bowman, M.J.), report and recommendation adopted,

(S.D. Ohio June 26, 2020) (McFarland, J.) (appeal to the Sixth Circuit dismissed for want of prosecution); Ikharo v. Att’y Gen. of United States, No. 1:19-cv-175,

, at *1 (S.D. Ohio Jan. 6, 2020) (Litkovitz, M.J.), report and recommendation

adopted,

(S.D. Ohio Jan. 29, 2020) (Dlott, J.), certificate of appealability denied,

(S.D. Ohio Apr. 30, 2020) (Dlott, J.), and aff’d, No. 20-3250,

(6th Cir. Aug. 13, 2020). Accordingly, for the reasons stated above: 1. The Report and Recommendation (Doc. 28) is ADOPTED;

2. Petitioner’s objections (Doc. 29) are OVERRULED;

3. Petitioner’s pro se petition, as amended, for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

(Docs. 1, 27) is DENIED;

4. The Court FINDS that a certificate of appealability should not issue in this case because petitioner has not stated a “viable claim of the denial of a constitutional right,” nor are the issues presented “adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further.” See Slack v. McDaniel,

(2000) (citing Barefoot v. Estelle,

, 893 & n.4 (1983)); see also

(c); Fed. R. App. P. 22(b);

5. The Court CERTIFIES that pursuant to

(a)(3), an appeal of this Order would not be taken in good faith, and therefore DENIES petitioner leave to appeal in forma pauperis; and 6. The Clerk shall enter judgment accordingly, whereupon this case is TERMINATED from the docket of this Court. IT IS SO ORDERED. Date: 8/18/2021 s/Timothy S. Black Timothy S. Black United States District Judge