Cottingham v. Kemper

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN DEVON’TRE L. COTTINGHAM, SR., Petitioner, v. Case No. 16-cv-163-pp CHERYL EPLETT,1 Respondent. ORDER OVERRULING PETITIONER’S OBJECTIONS (DKT. NO. 22), ADOPTING JUDGE JONES’S RECOMMENDATION (DKT. NO. 21), DISMISSING CASE AND DECLINING TO ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY On August 7, 2017, Magistrate Judge David E. Jones issued an order denying the petitioner’s request to withdraw consent to magistrate judge jurisdiction. Dkt. No. 21. His decision also contained a recommendation that this court dismiss the petitioner’s habeas petition…