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

GREGORY S. BURKE, : Petitioner : : v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 18-4744 : SECRETARY, PENNSYLVANIA : DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., : : Respondents. :

ORDER AND NOW this 4th day of November, 2020, upon careful and independent consideration of the record in this matter, and after review of the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge David R. Strawbridge, and with no objections being filed by Petitioner, it is hereby ORDERED as follows: 1. The Report and Recommendation is APPROVED and ADOPTED; 2. The petition for writ of habeas corpus is DISMISSED; 3. There is no cause to issue a certificate of appealability, as 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.

BY THE COURT:

/s/ Jeffrey L. Schmehl Jeffrey L. Schmehl, J.