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EVANS v. BEARD

Civil Action No. 05-6826.

639 F.Supp.2d 497 (2009)

William EVANS v. Jeffrey A. BEARD in his official capacity as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Superintendent of the SCI at Waymart, and District Attorney of the County of Lehigh.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

May 28, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Kelly, Philadelphia, PA, for Petitioner.

Patricia F. Mulqueen, Joan L. Reinsmith, Jeffrey S. Dimmig, Joan L. Reinsmith, Patricia F. Mulqueen, Lehigh County District Attorney's Office, Allentown, PA, for Respondents.

OPINION

NORMA L. SHAPIRO, District Judge.

William Evans, an inmate at the State Correctional Institute at Waymart, Pennsylvania, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The Honorable Charles B. Smith, former United States Chief Magistrate Judge for Eastern District of Pennsylvania, filed a Report and Recommendation ("R & R") recommending the petition be denied. The R & R will be adopted in part and the petition will...

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