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

STEPHEN ROBERT LANG, No. 4:25-CV-00134

Petitioner, (Chief Judge Brann)

v.

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, et al.,

Respondents.

ORDER AND NOW, this 14th day of October 2025, in accordance with the accompanying Memorandum, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 1. Petitioner Stephen Robert Lang’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

is DISMISSED.

2. A certificate of appealability shall not issue, as Lang has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right, see

(c)(2), or that “jurists of reason would find it debatable” whether this Court’s procedural ruling is correct, Slack v. McDaniel,

(2000).

3. The Clerk of Court is directed to CLOSE this case.

BY THE COURT:

s/ Matthew W. Brann Matthew W. Brann Chief United States District Judge