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

SHAWN SAUNDERS, : CIVIL ACTION : NO. 19-1010 Petitioner, : : v. : : SUPERINTENDENT BRITTAIN, et al., : : Respondents. :

O R D E R

AND NOW, this 11th day of September, 2020, upon careful and independent consideration of Petitioner’s Section 2254 habeas corpus petition, the pleadings and available state court records, and after review of the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge David R. Strawbridge (ECF No. 4), it is ORDERED that: 1. The Report and Recommendation is APPROVED and ADOPTED; 2. The petition for a writ of habeas corpus (ECF No. 1) is DENIED and DISMISSED; 3. A certificate of appealability SHALL NOT issue, in that the Petitioner has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right nor demonstrated that reasonable jurists would debate the correctness of the procedural aspects of this ruling. See

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

(2000); and 4. The Clerk of the Court shall mark this case CLOSED for statistical purposes.

AND IT IS SO ORDERED.

_s/Eduardo C. Robreno EDUARDO C. ROBRENO, J.