Daaron Shears v. Superintendent Tina Walker, et al.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA DAARON SHEARS, ) ) ) No. 2:25-cv-1103 Petitioner, ) ) v. ) District Judge Robert J. Colville ) SUPERINTENDENT TINA WALKER, ) Magistrate Judge Patricia L. Dodge e t al., ) ) Respondents. ) ) ORDER OF COURT Currently pending before the Court is the Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 5) filed by the Honorable Patricia L. Dodge in the above-captioned matter. Judge Dodge’s November 24, 2025 Report and Recommendation recommends that the Court dismiss the Petition in the above- captioned case and deny a certificate of appealability. Objections to the Report and Recommendation were due by December 8, 2025 and by December 11, 2025 for Unregistered ECF Users. No objections were filed, and the matter is now ripe for disposition.

The district court must make a de novo determination of those portions of the Report and Recommendation to which objections are made. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C); see also Henderson v. Carlson, 812 F.2d 874, 877 (3d Cir. 1987). This Court may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge. The district court judge may also recommit the matter to the magistrate judge with instructions.

Upon review of the November 24, 2025 Report and Recommendation, as well as a review of the entire record in this matter, the Court agrees with the well-reasoned analysis set forth in Judge Dodge’s Report and Recommendation. Therefore, the Court will adopt the Report and Recommendation. As such, the following order is entered: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 5) of Judge Dodge dated November 24, 2025, is ADOPTED as the Opinion of the Court; IT IS FURTHERE ORDERED that the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (ECF No. 3) is hereby DENIED.

IT IS FURTHERE ORDERED that Petitioner is DENIED a certificate of appealability.

The Clerk of Court shall mark this case CLOSED.

BY THE COURT: /s/Robert J. Covlille Robert J. Colville United States District Judge Dated: June 3, 2026 cc: The Honorable Patricia L. Dodge United States Magistrate Judge Daaron Shears KV1912 SCI Huntingdon 1100 Pike Street Huntingdon, PA 16652 All counsel of record via CM/ECF