IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT . FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

MATTHEW S. BECKER : CIVIL ACTION v. : NO. 19-1032 JOHN E. WETZEL : ORDER AND NOW, this 12" day of August 2020, upon extensive review of the amended Petition for writ of habeas corpus (ECF Doc. No. 4) which we returned to our docket earlier this summer (ECF Doc. No. 18), the Commonwealth’s Response (ECF Doc. No. 12), the Petitioner’s Reply (ECF Doc. No. 17), upon review of records, and for reasons in the accompanying Memorandum, itis ORDERED: 1. We DENY the amended Petition for writ of habeas corpus (ECF Doc. No. 4) with prejudice; 2. We DENY a certificate of appealability;' and, 3. The Clerk of Court shall close this case. 4 J.

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(c)(2); Slack v. McDaniel,

(2000).